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One Final Game
Johann Grueber is about to play the ultimate game.
For decades, Johann has been one of the world’s foremost chess players. Chess has defined his life, from his childhood hiding from the Nazis in Austria to his career as a Grandmaster. He has never lost a game when it counted.
But now, Johann Grueber must play the most important chess game of his life. The board is set. The pieces stand ready. All he awaits is the greatest opponent of them Death.
It is time for one final game.
For decades, Johann has been one of the world’s foremost chess players. Chess has defined his life, from his childhood hiding from the Nazis in Austria to his career as a Grandmaster. He has never lost a game when it counted.
But now, Johann Grueber must play the most important chess game of his life. The board is set. The pieces stand ready. All he awaits is the greatest opponent of them Death.
It is time for one final game.
24 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 3, 2012
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About the author
Robert B. Marks
29 books1 followerRobert B. Marks is an author, editor, researcher, and publisher. He is the author of Diablo: Demonsbane, the e-book that launched the entire Blizzard fiction line back in 2000, as well as The EverQuest Companion, the Garwulf's Corner pop culture columns, and he is the co-author of The Eternity Quartet with Ed Greenwood.
As a non-fiction author and historian he is the co-author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora: Ancient Greek and Roman Humour, with R. Drew Griffith, as well as the translator of Grandmaison's Training of the Infantry for Offensive Combat, the French doctrine of 1913, and Moltke the Younger's Memories, Letters and Documents.
Put another way, he wears many hats. One is a Stetson, and the other a Tilly. He lives in the area of Kingston, Ontario, with his wife and children.
As a non-fiction author and historian he is the co-author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora: Ancient Greek and Roman Humour, with R. Drew Griffith, as well as the translator of Grandmaison's Training of the Infantry for Offensive Combat, the French doctrine of 1913, and Moltke the Younger's Memories, Letters and Documents.
Put another way, he wears many hats. One is a Stetson, and the other a Tilly. He lives in the area of Kingston, Ontario, with his wife and children.
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