{"product_id":"9781946926142","title":"Pawn's Gambit","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteven Bauer always thought chess was just a game…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the sultry brunette in the little black dress did her best to incinerate him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYesterday, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Knight, a grieving teenage boy caught up in a web of gang violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Queen, a young woman at death’s door, her body ravaged by leukemia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bishop, a disgraced priest haunted by visions of the Game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rook, a suicidal drunk reeling atop a storm-ridden skyscraper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Steven isn’t the only one looking for his team, because the Black Queen already has her Pieces assembled…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePawn’s Gambit\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in The Pawn Strategem, a new contemporary fantasy series from author Darin Kennedy (\u003cem\u003eThe Mussorgsky Riddle\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Falstaff Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051526308080,"sku":"9781946926142","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946926142_p0.jpg?v=1763800408","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946926142","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}