The champion

"Cade has managed to survive the duel with the Hydra alpha, barely. but the games are far from over. By order of their cruel and mysterious overlord Abaddon, Cade and his friends are sent off to war against the Grays, a humanoid race that has far surpassed humans in technology on their home planet. This attempt to move up the leaderboard, however, leads Cade to a game-changing revelation: The pantheon, the group of millennia-old alien masterminds behind the games, has a weakness. With thte right artifacts scavenged from the land of Acies and a heavy dose of courage and luck, Cade has exactly one chance to end their tyranny forever. but if he fails, the lives of his friends, and the survival of Earth itself, will be forfeited"--Provided by publisher.