The Chess Players

By George Vaughan

The greatest storm in fifty years.
Three lessons of love.
One game of chess.
In this heartwarming story, set against a timeless Tasmanian backdrop, young Izzy Hanaleigh gains wisdom that will change the course of her life... if only she can accept it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: George Vaughan
• Release date: Aug 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463981801

George Vaughan

George Vaughan is a lover of all things creative from Tasmania, Australia, who has been writing stories for the last fifteen years. His books will be especially enjoyable for fans of Marcus Sedgewick, Lauren Kate and Laini Taylor.First published in 2013 with Out There On Bruny, a story serialised in a local newspaper, George's first actual book, Through Unseeing Eyes, arrived in 2016 to raise money for the conservation of local birdlife.He loves trying all genres and styles, but especially loves it when people have fun reading the end result!

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The Chess Players

George Vaughan

Copyright 2018 by George Vaughan

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This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents either are a product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover photographs and design by George Vaughan,

except lightning image by Eric Teske (CC BY-NC 3.0)

This book is dedicated to all my friends in the DRILL Performance family, who have made this life the most creative and enjoyable life I know.

‘Izzy? You’ve lost your touch somewhat, dear. Is everything…’

 ‘It’s fine!’

 The two figures sat on that glass-enclosed porch of that stately sandstone pile, which on a normal night would’ve looked out over the commanding hills and bleached, beautiful hulks of trees that dotted the Tasmanian Midlands so liberally and scenically. Now, though? You couldn’t see a foot from the window tonight; rain pounded at it horizontally, and thunderbolts clashed intermittently until every part of the house had received a hearty rattling. 

 Maybe that’s why Izzy Hanaleigh was… well… out of sorts. 

 Her Granddad, the man perched across from her