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Readers of Heather Morriss The Tattooist of Auschwitz and watchers of The Queens Gambit wont want to miss this amazing debut set during World War II. A young Polish resistance worker imprisoned in Auschwitz as a political prisoner plays chess in exchange for her life and in doing so fights to bring the man who destroyed her family to justice. Maria is many things: daughter avid chess player and member of the Polish underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Captured by the Gestapo she is imprisoned in Auschwitz while her family is sent to their deaths. Realizing her ability to play chess the sadistic camp deputy Fritzsch intends to use her as a chess opponent to entertain the camp guards. However once he tires of utilizing her skills he has every intention of killing her. Befriended by a Catholic priest Maria attempts to overcome her grief and see the value in survival. Literally playing for her life through four grueling years her strategy is simple: Live. Fight. Survive. By cleverly provoking Fritzschs volatile nature in front of his superiors Maria intends to orchestrate his downfall. Only then will she have a chance to evade the fate awaiting her and see him brought to justice. As she carries out her plan and the war nears its end she discovers Fritzsch has survived. And so Maria vowing still to avenge the murder of her family challenges her former nemesis to one final game certain to end in life or death in failure or justice. If Maria can bear to face Fritzschand her pastone last time.
Gabriella Saab
Paperback
HarperCollins
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