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Cheats never prosper. At least that’s what everyone else would have you believe. But Lex Trent knows better. Lex knows that, with a bit of luck, the quickest route to success is to lie, swindle and cheat all the way to the top.

Unfortunately Lex has taken his scams a step too far… Rather than see his neck in a noose he’s forced to go on the run in a world of irritable Gods, fearsome magicians and strange beasts.

But luck is still on his side, just.

The Gods’ favourite pastime is The Games…and Lex has just become one of the human playing pieces. With fame, glory and untold wealth at stake Lex isn’t going to lose (especially as that so often involves dying) – in fact, he fully intends to beat the Gods at their own game.

Name: Alex Bell

Alex Bell was born in 1986 in Hampshire. She studied Law on and off for six long years before the boredom became so overwhelming that she had to throw down the textbooks and run madly from the building. Since then she has never looked back. She has written supernatural mysteries for Gollancz, and also has a comic fantasy being published by Hodder Headline in September 2009. Much of her free time is spent doting on her Siamese cat and the rest of her varied menagerie. Alex has traveled widely, is a ferociously strict vegetarian and generally prefers cats to people. She has a website and an active blog at http://www.alex-bell.co.uk

Big fish in a small pond or little fish in a big pond?
Little fish in a big pond. Eating all the other fish in attempt to become a big fish in a big pond.

What’s the worst chat up line you ever heard?
I hate chat up lines - they're always awful. Buying someone a drink, on the other hand, is a much classier way to go. Especially if it's the expensive kind with an olive in it.

If you were an animal which one would you be and why?
Definitely a llama because I love how haughty and weird they look. And they spit at people, and at each other.

What was your worst fashion disaster?
Having my hair permanently straightened. The process really damaged my hair so I had to have it cut short.

What’s your guilty pleasure?
I have questionable taste and, consequently, numerous guilty pleasures. But the first one that comes to mind is the Carry On films.

Do you have any piercings or tattoos?
Only pierced ears but I would love to get a tattoo based on something from one of my books some day.

What was the last song you listened to?
Closing Time by Leonard Cohen.

Where do you do your best thinking?
In the car, in the shower or walking my Great Dane on the beach.

If you were a superhero what would your power be?
It's got to be flying. Best power by far.

When was the last time you lied and can you tell us the lie?
I never lie! (But if I did, I would be a good enough liar not to admit to it).