MrBeast is co-writing 'the book event of the year' to 'get a whole generation psyched about reading again'

YouTube's glassy-eyed ever-king MrBeast (real name James Donaldson) has partnered with prolific thriller author James Patterson to write a book about a version of his Beast Games show where it sounds like people probably die? Yes, that is accurate. That's the world you and I live in now. We both let it come to this and did nothing to stop it.

The book is called The Most Dangerous Games and was announced a while ago, but its cover and release date have just been revealed. The deluxe edition, available for preorder now for $33, has a cover which boasts that it is co-authored by messrs James Patterson and—up top, in a larger font—"MrBEAST". It is said to be "The book event of the year."

"In a world on the brink of collapse, one hundred players face off in a ruthless, high‑stakes competition with everything on the line," goes the blurb. "The reward...