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  • Pawn's Gambit

  • The Pawn Stratagem, Book 1
  • By: Darin Kennedy
  • Narrated by: Jack Wayne
  • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)

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Pawn's Gambit

By: Darin Kennedy
Narrated by: Jack Wayne
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Publisher's summary

Steven Bauer always thought chess was just a game....

Until the sultry brunette in the little black dress did her best to incinerate him.

Yesterday, he was just an ordinary guy. Today, he is the White Pawn, a combatant in a nightmarish game of chess where people are the pieces, and the world is at stake. To survive the deadly Black Queen, Steven must pull together the rest of his pieces.

The Knight, a grieving teenage boy caught up in a web of gang violence.

The Queen, a young woman at death’s door, her body ravaged by leukemia.

The Bishop, a disgraced priest haunted by visions of the game.

The Rook, a suicidal drunk reeling atop a storm-ridden skyscraper.

But Steven isn’t the only one looking for his team, because the Black Queen already has her pieces assembled....

Pawn’s Gambit is the first book in The Pawn Strategem, a new contemporary fantasy series from author Darin Kennedy (The Mussorgsky Riddle).

©2016 Darin Kennedy (P)2017 Falstaff Books

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"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio," quoth Hamlet. And as you picture the Bard and his players, you can imagine chess pieces as they might have been clothed. The title should have informed you that the game of chess is a key player in this genre-crossing thriller. This is book one of a series and, although it concludes at a logical point, it is certainly a cliffhanger for its world arc. I know I am anxious to continue with book two.

Beautifully crafted and with its own unusual spin on the universe and its hows and whys, the story starts with an ordinary guy who's apparently been stood up on a blind date. Expert narration by Jack Wayne provides extra depth to the characters as you become immersed in the drama. And having a rudimentary knowledge of the game of chess is really useful.

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