"To play the pawns well; they are the soul of chess: it is they which uniquely determine the attack and the defense, and on their good or bad arrangement depends entirely on the winning or losing of the game." - François-André Danican Philidor
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"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame." – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
2025 UPDATE
Foreword
Wow... what a journey it has been.
After all this time, I've finally found both the time and the courage to return to this story—a story that holds a very special place in my heart.
I first began writing this in 2019. Then came COVID. Then life happened, as it often does, and this story had to wait patiently for me to come back to it.
But this year, I'm finishing it. No more pauses, no more waiting.
Here's to new chapters, second chances, and seeing this story through to the very end.
This is a work of fiction, a product of my imagination. Names, places, characters, and incidents are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, organizations and events are purely coincidental.
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