The Centaurs’ plane lands safely, but Shane doesn’t learn the news immediately. Instead, he is forced to internally endure the perceived death of Ilya right in the middle of a high-stakes game against Washington.

What happens when Oleg Sheps, an arrogant and entitled student, decides to drag his young professor Vlad Cherevaty into his psychological games? And what if, behind Vlad’s wall of principles, hides a man far less composed than he appears at first glance? Will Cherevaty submit to Sheps’s manipulations, or will Oleg himself become the victim of the beast he has unleashed? The most destructive game of chess begins right now. But instead of pieces, there are only living people on the board, unaware