13 Hearts

Throughout offerings by @Topher Lydon readers can readily find drama, suspense, intrigue, well-developed characters and story lines, as well as so much more. In the unique cadence of 13 Hearts, one experiences eerie heart-pounding tension as well.

Meet unsuspecting high school students who are drawn into perverse games manipulated by an unknown puppet master.  The endgame destroys lives for entertainment and financial gain. Read on to discover who survives the soul-crushing, deadly games and at what cost.

This is a wonderfully dark, psychological thriller.

We have two high school kids, who wake up in bed together. Nothing wrong with that, until they find out they are being blackmailed.

They find themselves as well as there friends, classmates and other members of the high school. Involved in a cruel, twisted game, that feels like a reality TV show. We have a GM, controlling Archivists, who's job is to follow rules.

Get ready for tension, frustration, twists, cruelty and much more.

Read on to discover much more.

What happens when a high school turns into a gladiator arena - a twisted reality show where students become pawns, forced to turn on each other in a cruel psychological game? The mastermind behind it all seems unstoppable: he has his “pieces,” his "archivists", and secrets on everyone. He sees everything, hears everything, and - most importantly - holds enough dirt to blackmail the entire school into playing along.

But maybe he made one mistake - getting the smartest students involved. Can they outthink the game master? And can love, loyalty, and trust stand a chance against selfishness and cruelty?

Get ready for tension, frustration, and nonstop twists. By the end, all you can say is - what a story!

Hugh school kids are terrorized and brutalized and humiliated in sick games run by cruel , unknown online bosses. To not submit is to have their worse sectors revealed or a good friend ruined with fake evidence, The students are forced to act out scenes that hurt them in front of school crowds

The affected students try several times to gain control and fail with subsequet6 punishments very hurtful

Read on to see how they fight and survive, It is a tough slog, but you will want to stay to the end. Do not  give up.

 I hope and pray this does not happen in real life.