Review: Checkmate!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
A unique psychological thriller that keeps the reader rooting for the bad guy with the same guilty pleasure of boarding the Walter White bandwagon in Breaking Bad. Damon is not a nice guy, but he is a complex character who immediately grabs the reader’s attention and holds it with a white-knuckled grip. The author puts a unique spin on the main character by making him a chess player in addition to being a kingpin in Chicago’s organized crime scene. It seemed truly appropriate as this provocative and well-calculated tale has its share of hidden tactics, moves, counter-moves, and gambits to keep the characters moving through a captivating game of concentration and risk.The author crafts a compelling tale of moral ambiguity, erotic intrigue, complex relationships, murder, pathological characters, and many other unique twists that prevent this work from being classified into a single cookie-cutter genre. Psymon is seeking to break new ground with a psychological thriller that defies designation and, in my estimation, he has succeeded brilliantly. I look forward to reading Book #2 in this series.