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Rook's Gambit
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Jason Jetter
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In Hollow Creek, survival isn't about strength. It's about the next move.
Jace Callahan went into juvenile detention as a reactive, desperate twelve-year-old. Five years later, he emerges as a new man: Rook. Mentored by a lifer known only as Old School, Jace has traded his desperation for discipline, viewing the world through the grid of a chessboard where every action has a consequence and the long game is the only one that matters.
But the board he returns to has changed. His neighborhood of Hollow Creek is now under the suffocating grip of Rico Viper, a ruthless kingpin who rules through fear and brutality. Worse, the king Jace swore to protect-his younger brother, Marcus-has been seduced by the power of the streets. Now known as Bishop, Marcus is a high-ranking enforcer in Rico's crew, moving diagonally across a board rigged against him.
Outmanned and outgunned, Jace cannot fight Rico with force. Instead, he initiates a dangerous gambit from the shadows. By manipulating rival gangs, exposing supply lines, and sacrificing pieces to isolate the Viper, Jace turns the city into his own game. But as the stakes rise and the violence escalates, Jace realizes that saving his brother might require the ultimate sacrifice.
In a war between a grandmaster's mind and a tyrant's fist, Jace must decide how many pieces he is willing to lose to clear the board.
Rook's Gambit is a gritty urban crime thriller about loyalty, redemption, and the terrible weight of concrete.
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