Author: Steven James Publisher: Revell ISBN: 1441216235 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 432
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Special Agent Patrick Bowers had only met one man who made him truly afraid. Until now. When he's called to North Carolina to consult on the case of an area serial killer, he finds himself in a deadly game. Cunning and lethal, the killer is always one step ahead of the law, and he's about to strike again. It will take all of Bowers's instincts and training to stop this man who calls himself the Illusionist. And just when the pieces start to come together, Bowers realizes they're not quite adding up. Can he unravel the pattern and save the next victim? Or will the Illusionist win the game by taking one of his opponent's pieces? Thrilling, chilling, and impossible to put down, The Pawn will hold suspense lovers in its iron grip until the very last page.
Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0743260988 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 404
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From America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit comes a comprehensive guide covering all aspects of the game, to improve your technique whether you are a newcomer or a longtime fan. One of America's best-known chess masters, Bruce Pandolfini has helped millions learn the intricacies of chess through his acclaimed books and workshops. In this exciting volume, he presents a complete overview of the entire game and its culture. Structured as a dialogue between a beginning student and an expert teacher, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess takes the student step-by-step from fundamentals to advanced, highly strategic play. Combining easy-to-follow diagrams with trenchant and up-to-date analysis, Pandolfini puts a new twist on accepted chess theory, offering a seamless beginning-to-end approach, including: • a short introductory history of the game • the moves, rules, and contemporary notation forms • the basic principles of chess • how to develop an opening repertoire • the art of tactical play • pattern recognition and memory aids • traps and pitfalls to be avoided • middlegame play, strategy, and planning • defense and counterattack • transitions to the endgame and the endgame itself • computers and the future of chess • the best websites for playing chess online With Pandolfini's expert insight into the history and modern world of chess, as well as several appendices to enhance play and appreciation, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess makes the perfect gift for players of all ages and will be the benchmark title for chess players for years to come.
Author: Skye Warren Publisher: Book Beautiful ISBN: 1940518954 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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A ruthless billionaire determined to get revenge. A woman with more to lose than her virginity. And a sensual game that will break them both. Gabriel Miller has thirty days to do anything he wants with her body. He can enjoy every inch of her, but he can never let himself fall for her. No matter how sweetly she surrenders. Author's Note: THE PAWN AND THE KNIGHT contains two USA Today bestsellers in the scorching hot Endgame series for a limited-time low price.
Author: Tom Dowd Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 371
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HE THOUGHT HE WAS OUT... For years, Jason Chase was at the head of the pack, shadowrunning with the best in the business. When time dulled his flesh and cybernetic edge, he knew it was time to get out, or get dead. BUT GOT PULLED BACK IN. Now, his past has come back to haunt him. To protect a young girl from the terrorists who want her dead, Chase must rely on his years of experience, and whatever his body has left to give. And everything he's got, he'll need as he comes face-to-face with a part of his life he thought he'd left behind, and an enemy left for dead.
Author: Martha Sweeney Publisher: WWN Publishing Group ISBN: 0997463732 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 261
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When an opportunity presents itself, is Natalie willing to do whatever it takes to free herself or remain only a pawn? All resources needed to survive are severely limited, causing many Jaruians to pillage one another just to get a single meal for the day. There are some who wish to end Jagger’s power and they’ve started to infiltrate his organization. Money, amongst other things, are just a farce that Jagger uses to dangle in front of his subjects to keep the population in line and distracted. WARNING: This series contains sensitive material. Reader discretion is advised.
Author: Martha Sweeney Publisher: WWN Publishing Group ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Red: The males will definitely challenge Jagger’s rule now even though he permitted me to publicly castrate Breaker. It didn’t matter if I killed him or not. The males will want me to hang. Jagger sends Knight and me away for a while but tempers are heated when we return. There are several attempts on my life, killing many of my sisters in the process. I learn more about Jagger, the dacked up mess my world that is far worse than I could imagine, and I’ve not only fallen for Knight and can’t imagine leaving without him. Knight: The men weren’t happy with how Jagger’s been running things, and now with his public display between Breaker and Red, it’ll just be a matter of time for his death to occur. I should sit back and watch it happen yet there’s something to his actions and words that are making me question everything I was taught and trained about in my home sovereign. There is a new rising taking place and it’s not because Jagger allowed Red to challenge Breaker publicly and allowed her to live. Words haunt me each day since they’ve been spoken and I wonder if this is the final demise to all of Jaru: old blood must pour for new blood to be born, lies are truths and truths are lies. Is our journey just beginning or will be perish as a species. WARNING: This series contains sensitive material. Reader discretion is advised.
Author: Hattan Turki Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595343813 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 96
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When Pawns Rebel is a journey that a pawn takes through the demanding environment of the board while a game is in process. The pawn changes his mind and his sense of right and wrong with every convincing argument that he hears. After making up his mind on what his life should be about and events and his status do not satisfy his newly found goals, does he cave in and let life take its usual course or will he attempt to alter his destiny and the destiny of all the other pawns on the board? Will the other pawns agree with him on what's best for them or will they oppose him? And what will the major pieces do once they find out about him and his conspiracy to strip them away of their superiority over the pawns? How will all that happened effect the game and will it have an effect on other boards? Making connections between the pawn and one self on an occasion or another should not be difficult.
Author: Morgan Rice Publisher: Morgan Rice ISBN: 1632919397 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 536
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“Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Rise of the Dragons) A bundle of books 3 and 4 in Morgan Rice’s new #1 Bestselling epic fantasy series OF CROWNS AND GLORY (KNIGHT, HEIR, PRINCE and REBEL, PAWN, KING). Here are two bestselling novels, all in one convenient file. Over 120,000 words of reading, all for an incredible price—it also makes the perfect gift! In KNIGHT, HEIR, PRINCE (Book #3), 17 year old Ceres, a beautiful, poor girl from the Empire city of Delos, finds herself alone at sea, drifting towards the mythic Isle Beyond the Mist—and towards the mother she never met. She is ready to complete her training, to finally understand her power, and to become the warrior she was meant to be. But will her mother be there to greet her? Will she teach her all she needs to know? And will she reveal all of the secret of Ceres’ identity? In Delos, Thanos, thinking Ceres is dead, finds himself wedded to Stephania, and immersed deeper in a court he cannot escape from and in a family he hates. He also finds himself in the midst of the erupting Revolution, which culminates in a daring attack on the Stade.He is stuck in a game of pawns and kings, of traitors and queens, and it may be Ceres, after all, who is destined to change it all. In REBEL, PAWN, KING (Book #4), Ceres wakes to find herself imprisoned. Her army destroyed, her people captured, the rebellion quashed, she has to somehow pick up the pieces after being betrayed. Can her people ever rise again? Thanos sails for the Isle of Prisoners, thinking Ceres is alive, and finds himself in a trap of his own. In his dangerous voyage he remains tormented by the idea of Stephania, alone, with his child, and feels torn over his life’s path. Yet as he struggles to return to Delos, to find both of his loves, he encounters a betrayal so great, his life can never be the same again. Stephania, a woman scorned, does not sit idly back. She turns all the power of her fury on the ones she loves the most—and her treachery, the most dangerous of all, may be what finally brings the kingdom down for good. Of CROWNS AND GLORY tells an epic tale of tragic love, vengeance, betrayal, ambition, and destiny. Filled with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding action, it transports us into a world we will never forget, and makes us fall in love with fantasy all over again. Book #5 in OF CROWNS AND GLORY will be released soon!
Author: Rachel Field Publisher: ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A Small Supply of Magic on Hand For Regular Customers," is what the gold-lettering on the pawnshop's placard reads. Both excited by this advertisement and in desperate need of a miracle cure for her uncle, nine-year-old Prinda Bassett proceeds in--unknowingly setting herself up for a fantastically eccentric New Years' Eve.
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