Grandmaster

by Warren Murphy

An Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning tale finds a genius American spy in a deadly rivalry against a master strategist, a competition that begins when they meet at the age of ten during a pivotal chess championship and escalates during their relentless pursuit of the Grandmaster title.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
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