"The Game Doesn't End Until The King Falls"

By Andre Vanegas

Every piece on the board has a role. Not everyone knows they're playing.

Alexander King arrives in Ellington for two days. He stays for eleven nights. On the eleventh, the board reveals itself - a woman watching reflections instead of people, two brothers who never move in straight lines, a man whose stillness holds the weight of structure itself, and a schoolteacher who quietly centers everything without knowing she's been placed there.

They are the pieces. He is the King.

Structured like a jazz composition across fifteen tracks - each one a chess position made flesh - this novel moves through pin, fork, sacrifice, and zugzwang to one question:

What are you finally ready to protect?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GV95RGXQ
• ISBN13: 9798253277058
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"