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When the Quint Confederacy and the Kos Empire went to war-again-young Queen Samara wisely kept her Rogue Coalition out of the conflict. But staying neutral in a galactic war doesn't pay the bills, not when both sides refuse to trade with neutral sectors.With her people on the brink of starvation, Samara hatches a daring plan to snatch the kidnapped Kos Emperor from the Quint mercenaries holding him. The Kos Empire will pay a fortune for their emperor's...
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Home at last after years of exile, Neve and Hugo Everly just want to pick up the pieces of their life and enjoy time with their growing family, but destiny has its own plan. A tragic loss nearly tears the family apart, and an unexpected guest brings a warning of dire events still to come. Hugo and Neve find themselves in danger once again; for outstanding debts must be paid, and old enemies will no longer wait to settle scores.
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Pearl River volume 1
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"The day Alexis Stone is sworn in as interim sheriff, the Queen's Gambit Killer strikes again, leaving a chilling calling card of a white pawn and a note with a chess move printed on it. Alexis must join forces with Police Chief Nathan Landry to find the killer before their next move"--
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Vowing to avenge the murder of her family, Maria, a young Polish resistance worker imprisoned in Auschwitz, plays chess in exchange for her life, and, in doing so, challenges the man who destroyed her family to one last game that will end in either failure or justice.
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"Fenna Vos has learned to focus on her own survival-even now, with the Second World War raging in faraway countries. She works on-stage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist-behind the curtain as the mastermind of their act. After all, her honed ability to control her surroundings and elude entrapments, physical or otherwise, reliably suppresses the trauma and tragedy of her youth. For all her calculations, however, Fenna neglects to foresee...
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2021
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For fans of The Queen's Gambit comes a brand-new book from 11-year-old chess champion Oliver Boydell. How a King Plays features 64 of Boydell's tips, strategies, and ideas to help chess enthusiasts of all ages sharpen their game skills.
Whether you're new to chess or a Grandmaster, there's something for everyone in chess phenom Oliver Boydell's new book of 64 chess tips, How a King Plays.
At only 11-years-old,...
Whether you're new to chess or a Grandmaster, there's something for everyone in chess phenom Oliver Boydell's new book of 64 chess tips, How a King Plays.
At only 11-years-old,...
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"My Dark Vanessa meets The Queen's Gambit in this new novel of suspense about the bonds of family, the limits of talent, the risks of ambition, and the rewards of revenge. When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mother's unexpected death, she expects to inherit the family estate, the Elf House. But with the discovery that her mother's will bequeathed the Elf House to a man that Saskia shares a complicated history...
9) Pulse
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The world has no shortage of moral ambiguity, especially in the emergency room. In Pulse, Dr. Jackson is an emergency room physician who seems to have the big house, beautiful wife, and an impeccable reputation as one of the most respected emergency physicians in Dallas. As the layers get peeled back, Dr. Jackson's life isn't so perfect after all. Filled with unique twists, complex medical cases, personal issues, and even a chess game, Pulse proves
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A taut historical thriller for fans of The Queen's Gambit and James Bond.
December 1803: A French invasion fleet is poised to cross the Channel and storm the beaches of southern England. A member of Napoleon's inner circle - disaffected by Napoleon's creeping tyranny - contacts the British naval intelligence service in hopes of defecting to London. His escape plan calls for a rendezvous at an international chess tournament in Frankfurt - a rare opportunity...
11) Queen's Gambit
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Spring, 1897. London.
Margaret Harkness, now in her early forties, must leave England for her health but lacks the funds. A letter arrives from her old friend Professor Bell, her old comrade in the hunt for Jack the Ripper and the real-life inspiration for Sherlock Homes. Bell invites her to join him in Germany on a mysterious mission for the German government involving the loss of state secrets to Anarchists. The resolution of this commission leads...
12) Queen's Gambit
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Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-the feared and hated cross between a vampire and a human-or so she has always believed. She spent most of her life on the fringes of her two worlds, yearning to belong to one or the other, but despised and distrusted by both. Recently, a war in the supernatural community allowed her to get a foothold into her vampire father's world, one of danger, intrigue, glitz and glamour, where she found not only a home, but a lover,...
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Imagine a mind-bending cross between Star Wars and Outlander! That is what Mindscape offers you.
When humans, Ciaran, a billionaire, technology genius and his wife Madeline, a quirky, psychic journalist are forced to enter the multiverse with few resources beyond the love they share, countless lives hang in the balance.
Traversing in this strange new world with unfamiliar technology and a language neither Ciaran nor Madeline understand, the pair...
14) Gogi's gambit
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The lost rainforest volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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"Gogi and the other shadowwalkers race to save their magical rainforest home before the Ant Queen makes it her own"--
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