Pre-war 1910s in America: a time of feathered hats and Harris tweed. An infant nation is entering a new era with motor cars, telephones, and derby hats.

 

Football was the perfect game for a nation innocently waltzing into prosperity; and shy, modest, boy-next-door Chic Harley was the perfect star! With a smile made for print, and a mesmerizing run that no one could tackle, Chic invented football mania, and transformed Ohio State into a football powerhouse.

 

But in an instant, the energy and momentum of the 1910s were warped by the forces of war, propelling America into the modern age of technology, surveillance, and conspiracy. Chic finds himself fighting for his life on a gridiron that extends beyond the field -and into his mind.

 

A complex web of deceit meets the muddy leather and brutal cold of Ohio football in A Game of Deception.