
Queen's Peril
The Pawn Stratagem, Book 2
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William Walker
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Darin Kennedy
About this listen
The game continues in the thrilling sequel to Pawn's Gambit, from the author of Fugue & Fable!
Surviving the gambit proved almost impossible....
Now, the Black King has dispersed Steven Bauer and his friends through time. The gathered White have spent weeks delivering innocents across North America from the destructive forces of the latest universal correction, all the while waiting for the inevitable moment when the Game summons them all to a checkered battlefield to fight for their lives.
Powerless and scattered across the centuries with no way to return to their own time, they wrestle with their fates: Steven and Niklaus, banished to the Florida coast of 1945 as a deadly hurricane threatens to tear the state apart. Archie and Emilio, struggling to survive the bitter winter and flying bullets of 1890 Wyoming. Audrey and Lena, entangled in the mob violence of 1930s Chicago as a specter from the past makes an ominous return.
In every time and at every turn, a familiar face, some friendly, others not. And where is Grey, the immortal wizard who wears the White crown?
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- Lucyna
- 05-28-23
Great story
Really enjoyed this story. However, the narration took a while to get used to. His voices were fantastic, but his initial emphasis on just about every, single word was extremely distracting. Thankfully, he calmed down and eventually read more normally. There were a number of repetitions of the same sentence, so the audio editing wasn’t perfect, but overall this was minor. I would still highly recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the first book.
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