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Rook's Gambit

by Dana Fraedrich

A young heir joins a high-stakes airship heist

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A young heir joins a high-stakes airship heist

Fourteen-year-old Varick Pendragon is wealthy but isolated after the death of the family member he cared for most. A crew of young thieves offers him a place in their planned heist aboard a luxury airship cruise liner, drawing him into a tangle of competing schemes where his own family may also seek to use him. Set in the steampunk Broken Gears world, the story combines a team heist with questions of trust, family power, and Varick’s uncertain place among the people around him. It is described as a standalone story that can be read at any point in the series.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in steampunk fiction.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about young thieves, team heists, and airship settings.
  • Those who want a standalone entry in the Broken Gears world.

Themes

Belonging and isolationFamily power and manipulationTrust and competing schemesTeamwork and heists

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Book overview

Can a ragtag band of misfits pull off the ultimate heist aboard a luxury airship?

 

 

In this steampunk, Ocean's Eleven-style caper, fourteen year-old Varick Pendragon has everything. He's young and wealthy, but he can't stand his rotten family. The only member he cared for, his grandfather, has just passed away. Now, Varick is adrift and alone amidst the rest of the Pendragons' machinations. That is, until he meets a crew of young thieves. They're planning the ultimate heist aboard a luxury airship cruise liner, and they want Varick in. But more than just Varick's family will want to use him for personal gain. Varick will have to figure out who's planning what, or lose out on more than just the job.

 

 

This ragtag band of misfits and their hijinks are perfect for fans of fans of Leverage, Ocean's Eleven, and books like Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo), Heiress Takes All (Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka), and Heist Society (Ally Carter). While it takes place within the steampunk (and sometimes fantasy-ish) Broken Gears world, Rook's Gambit is a standalone story that can be read at any point in the series.

 

 

Jump aboard the adventure and buy this book today!

 

 

Broken Gears Reading Order:

Out of the Shadows - Book #1 in Lenore's Storyline

Into the Fire - Book #2 in Lenore's Storyline

Across the Ice - Book #3 in Lenore's Storyline

Raven's Cry - Standalone Prequel, Can Be Read at Any Point

Rook's Gambit - Standalone Prequel, Can Be Read at Any Point

Falcon's Favor - Standalone Story, Can Be Read at Any Point

Death Cults and Taxes - Short Story Anthology, Can Be Read at Any Point, But Assumes You Know the Broken Gears Characters Already

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