- Paperback: 428 pages
- Publisher: Futura Publications (July 11 1985)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0708827667
- ISBN-13: 978-0708827666
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,798,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A tour de force."--Philippe Van Rjndt, author of Samaritan on Grandmaster
--This text refers to an alternate
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Otto Penzler and the Mystery Writers of America present Grandmaster by Warren Murphy and Molly Cochran, winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original in 1985.
Two men, born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, driven to oppose each other--for only one man may be the Grandmaster.
Justin Gilead and Alexander Zharkov, two men driven by powerful forces they can neither understand nor deny--driven to fight each other in a battle for power that only one of them may win.
Gilead, a magnificent athlete, an American, a genius, and a spy. Zharkov, a master strategist, head of the feared secret service agency, Nichevo, a determined, ambitious man.
They first meet as ten-year-old chess prodigies-both lonely, both meaning to win, both born under the magical sign of the gold coiled serpent. They will come to know the uses of pleasure, the secrets of pain, the impact of evil turned upon itself. They will understand the deadly forces that grip the world in swift violence, sudden death. And they will finally know that only one man may be the Grandmaster.
Grandmaster is an extraordinary tale of spymasters and assassins, murder and intrigue played against a background of Far Eastern mysticism from Moscow to Washington, from Havana to Tibet.
Justin Gilead and Alexander Zharkov, two men driven by powerful forces they can neither understand nor deny--driven to fight each other in a battle for power that only one of them may win.
Gilead, a magnificent athlete, an American, a genius, and a spy. Zharkov, a master strategist, head of the feared secret service agency, Nichevo, a determined, ambitious man.
They first meet as ten-year-old chess prodigies-both lonely, both meaning to win, both born under the magical sign of the gold coiled serpent. They will come to know the uses of pleasure, the secrets of pain, the impact of evil turned upon itself. They will understand the deadly forces that grip the world in swift violence, sudden death. And they will finally know that only one man may be the Grandmaster.
Grandmaster is an extraordinary tale of spymasters and assassins, murder and intrigue played against a background of Far Eastern mysticism from Moscow to Washington, from Havana to Tibet.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
DAVE'S RAVES,
By DAVID JOHNSON (BETTENDORF, IA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Grandmaster (Mass Market Paperback)
I THINK IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT I START BY SAYING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BOOKS OF IT'S PARTICULAR GENRE. IT IMPARTS A FEELING OF FANTASY FORM ALONG WITH A MODERN-DAY COUNTER ESPIONAGE PLOT. THE WHOLE BOOK REVOLVES AROUND THE ENMITY FORMED BETWEEN A YOUNG CHESS GENIUS AND HIS LIFE-LONG NEMESIS. HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART IS A LITTLE STEREOTYPICAL, BUT THE GRANDMASTER HIMSELF IS ANYHING BUT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT LIKE THE THOUGHT OF BEING ABLE TO CONTROL YOUR BODY AND MIND IN A WAY THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PERFORM SUPER-HUMAN FEATS, THEN LOOK NO FURTHER. THIS BOOK HAS IT ALL! THE ONLY PROBLEM I SEE A READER HAVING WITH THIS BOOK WOULD BE A NEED TO RE-READ IT ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO GET YOUR COPY NOW, BEFORE IT'S GONE FOREVER.
4.0 out of 5 stars
American mysticism rules, ok?,
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This review is from: Grandmaster (Mass Market Paperback)
What a rattling good yarn. I read this book, and its sequel, a number of years ago... and was lucky enough to find a battered, tattered old copy in my local library just the other day. I don't know where it came from: it's not on their computerised index. This a good read. A great way spend a cold winter's afternoon. Justin Gilead is all that's good about America and the East, and the bad hats are truly nasty. There's plenty of magic and mystery.. and the chess games are as tense as they should be. The characters are well-written, the story's a beaut, even the cover design's good. If this book is ever re-released, I want it. You should, too.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorites!,
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This review is from: Grandmaster (Mass Market Paperback)
Get this book and read it! Good vs Evil at its best. I have lost this book a long time ago and I keep checking on amazon to see if its back in stock. I have no problem recomending this book to anyone!
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