Then There Was One : Penguin Books : 9780241641576 : 0241641578 : 01 Feb 2024 : "The pages turn themselves in this sizzling debut. Wendy Cross is relentless!" Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, author of Friends Like These. Let the games begin. Every inhabitant in the Quadrant knows about The Pinnacle, a reality TV contest set on a remote planet with a five million cash prize. For three desperate entrants, winning would mean the world: Rich-girl BEX can finally leave her broken family behind. For politician's son ZANE, it's his only opportunity to save his mother. And it's outcast RAYA'S last chance at a better life. But as the competition starts, the contestants are quick to discover that this year's game has unscripted and DEADLY consequences. And the only thing they're truly competing for, is SURVIVAL.