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The Sicilian Defense

The Grandmaster's Game

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The Sicilian Defense

By: Dartagnon Max
Narrated by: John Klicman
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Summary

In the game of chess, the Sicilian Defense is bold, unpredictable, and built for counterattack. So is he.

Haunted by a past he won’t name and a system he helped build, a brilliant strategist finds himself caught between the rules he teaches and the truths he hides. When a quiet betrayal fractures the last structure he trusts, he must navigate a world of academic politics, military precision, and personal reckoning — where every move is watched, and every silence is a trap.

The Sicilian Defense is a psychological drama disguised as a strategic thriller. With prose as sharp as a bishop’s diagonal and tension that unfolds like a long endgame, the author delivers a debut novel that is as cerebral as it is haunting.

Some defenses are designed to win. Others are built to survive.

©2025 Michael D. Uenking (P)2026 Michael D. Uenking
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Science Fiction Game
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