Games of Worth - Games of Worth, #1

To save his mother's life, he must compete in a deadly competition designed for the best of the best. There's only one problem: He's just an average teenager. Wyatt Chanes is perfectly content living with his widowed mother in the farming kingdom Crop, one of seven resource-supplying lands surrounding Armora, the Kingdom of Champions. But when his mother falls suddenly into the clutches of a deadly and unknown disease, Wyatt is left with one choice: win the Games of Worth, and with it, the medicine his mother needs.
In order to win, though, Wyatt must survive every lethal challenge thrown at him by the Council of Armora, and in doing so will uncover long-buried secrets and dark conspiracies, prompting him to realize that there is more at stake than his-or his mother's-life. There is a darkness approaching, and it may be his job to stop it.