The Queen's Gambit meets The Hunger Games in this "brisk and
brutal...harrowing and intriguing" (Kirkus Reviews) novel about a teen
girl whose abusive father teaches her the finer points of chess and
hunting, all for his own sinister ends...drawn from the author's own
experiences.
For forever, Didi has had to be the best at anything her father demanded
of her--the fastest runner, the master at chess, able to take down a
deer with a bow and arrow at a dead sprint. If she fails, he denies her
food. Clothes. Kindness. Yet he claims he loves her--he says he
does--it's why he pushes her. To be ready. Prepared. For anything. Ready
to fight. Ready to...
...Didi is terrified of what he may one day ask.
But she might be more prepared than her father ever expected.