Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide... read more
Catherine Velis lives in New York. She is an auditor. After upsetting her bosses by doing the right thing, Catherine is sent to Algeria. While there she enters the Game. The Game is aglobal chess game where the peices are real people. If a piece is taken the person representing that peice... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
• The Defense
• Pawn To Queen's Fourth
• A Quiet Move
• Fianchetto
• A Game of Chess
• An Exchange of Queens
• The Knight's Wheel
• Sacrifices
• The Fork
• A Pawn Advances
• The Center Board
• The Middle Game
• The Isle
• Positional Analysis
• The Sound of Desert
• The Magic Mountains
• The Castle
• The Death of Kings
• The Black Queen
• The Lost Continent
• Zugzwang
• The White Land
• The Eighth Square
• The Silence Before the Storm
• The Storm
• The Secret
• The End Game
Followed by The Fire.
Preceded by Strangers on a Train, and followed by The Lost Symbol.
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