The Universe of Chess: A Pawn Awakens

“Though a pawn may seem insignificant, it can still decide the fate of the world!” A deadly ambush at an old chess club turns the life of Azu, a boy from the mortal realm, completely upside down. The half-scroll of The Secrets of the Orange Grove that his grandfather pressed into his hands before falling unconscious holds secrets spanning a thousand years, secrets of the mortal realm and the Chess Realm. Beneath the Chess Realm’s central altar lies the source of the imbalance between chaos and the Way of Chess. And the boy who can’t even figure out how to move a chess piece is, astonishingly, descended from the first player to hold the position of Marshal.