{"product_id":"the-world-played-chess-9781542029377","title":"The World Played Chess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it.\" --Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBeneath a Scarlet Sky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Green Valley\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one's own destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDugoni, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRobert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series, which is set in Seattle and has sold more than seven million books worldwide. He is also the author of the Charles Jenkins espionage series and the David Sloane series of legal thrillers. He has also written several stand-alone books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eThe 7th Canon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDamage Control\u003c\/i\u003e; the literary novel \u003ci\u003eThe Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSuspense Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's 2018 Book of the Year, for which Dugoni won an AudioFile Earphones Award for narration; and the nonfiction exposé \u003ci\u003eThe Cyanide Canary\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e best book of the year. Several of his novels have been optioned for movies and television series. Dugoni is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Book Award for fiction and a three-time winner of the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for best novel set in the Pacific Northwest. He is a two-time finalist for the Thriller Awards and the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, and a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award for mystery and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Dugoni's books are sold in more than twenty-five countries and have been translated into more than thirty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisit his website at www.robertdugonibooks.com, and follow him on Twitter @robertdugoni and on Facebook at www.facebook.com\/AuthorRobertDugoni.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lake Union Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50380149588242,"sku":"9781542029377","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_56b6f994-4719-46ae-b15c-3300ffab9723.jpg?v=1748605373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-world-played-chess-9781542029377","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}