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Game of Mass Destruction  is a Dystopian Sci-fi novel published in 2020. It is the 10th book by British author Chloe Gilholy. It is set in an alternate future of 2062 where the reality television show, Game of Mass Destruction demonstrates political control of the world. The novel focuses on 19-year-old Yuzuko Shikumi, who lives in an alternate Japan where students are forced to get married and have children to supplement the declining population. She is shocked to discover that her mother has nominated her to take part in Game of Mass Destruction. Yuzuko becomes one of twenty other contestants that are paired up to fight a thousand robots and each other for a chance to become a billionaire.It was first published on Wattpad in April 2019, and then eventually published on Amazon in February 2020. In an interview with The Writer's Guild, Gilholy said it was one of her favourite books to write.

Background
Game of Mass Destruction was originally a crossover fan fiction featuring a variety of fandoms. It was written as a response to a school assignment to write a sci-fi story. The fan fic notoriously featured The Joker as the president, and Harley Quinn as the hostess. After receiving feedback on Archive of Our Own, Gilholy decided to rewrite Game of Mass Destruction as an original story. The character, Sia Bucks replaces Harley Quinn and 40 fandom characters were replaced with 20 original characters. The book takes influence from many sci-fi and dystopian novels such as The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Battle Royale by Koushun Takami.

Plot
The book begins with a poem written by Kiki, a robot that is a mascot for The Robots Have Feelings Corporation. Yuzuko who considers the robot as her aunt, misses her as Kiki has been kidnapped by her grandfather’s ex-wife and arch nemesis, Sia Bucks. After visiting her husband’s grave, Yuzuko tries to ring Kiki, but is Sia Bucks who picks up. Sia tells her that she has won a place in her TV show, Game of Mass Destruction. Yuzuko is quick to disbelieve her until her mother picks her up and takes her and her girlfriend, Sakura to the airport.

Yuzuko and Sakura are the only pair that know they are taking part. The ither eighteen believe that they have won a mystery tour around the UK. Yuzuko is united with a lot of online friends and her idol. After falling asleep on the tourbus, they all wake up on The Isle of Hakai, where Sia's Game of Mass Destruction takes place.

Sia explains the rules and the point system to the contestants. The contestants are split into teams of two. Each pair represents a different country. The pair with the most points win a share of two billion dollars. There are also bonus points for completing certain tasks such as finding haikus, finding the secret santuary and simply surviving the first 24 hours.

Reception
Game of Mass Destruction has been over six thousand times on Wattpad and received over a 100 votes. The book currently has an overall rating of four stars on Goodreads. Indies today rated the book 3 stars and called it a 'high-energy dystopian thriller''.