The Last Checkmate

This compelling debut set during World War II follows Maria Florkowska, a young Polish resistance member imprisoned in Auschwitz, who uses her chess skills to survive and seek justice against those who destroyed her family. As she navigates the brutal realities of camp life, she forms strategic plans to expose her captors and avenge her loved ones. With hope, resilience, and daring, Maria faces her past and fights for her future in a tense and gripping story of courage and resistance.