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Praise for CHECKMATE:
'A gripping read from the first page' Writeaway!
'Checkmate once again explores the lasting impact of
prejudice, discrimination and the legacy of traumatic family
history on the next generation in the author's brilliantly
imagined world. Readers will not be disappointed'
Publishing News
'A perfect end to an important and thought-provoking trilogy'
The Bookseller
'Complex but beautifully crafted... dramatic, intensely
moving... it truly ensares the reader and is well worth
the wait' Carousel
'Thought-provoking brilliance' Funday Times
'Another emotional hard-hitter, the bluntly told and ineniously
constructed story of Callie Rose' Sunday Times
'There's no mistaking the genuine grassroots passion with
which Checkmate, the final part of Malorie Blackman's
trilogy, has been anticipated among young teen
readers... Blackman is a terrific thriller writer, driving her
plots forward with skill and tenacity' Evening Standard
'This will be extremely popular among teenage girls'
The Guardian
'Blackman is an expert plotter, spinning her narrative
with great skill' TES
'Taut and brilliantly paced... destined to become a classic'
Children's Books Ireland Bookfest
'I couldn't put it down' Books for Keeps
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Also available by Malorie Blackman:
The Noughts & Crosses trilogy
NOUGHTS & CROSSES
KNIFE EDGE
CHECKMATE
A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E.
DANGEROUS REALITY
DEAD GORGEOUS
HACKER
PIG-HEART BOY
THIEF!
THE DEADLY DARE MYSTERIES
For junior readers:
CLOUD BUSTING
OPERATION GADGETMAN!
WHIZZIWIG and WHIZZIWIG RETURNS
For beginner readers:
SPACE RACE!
SNOW DOG
THE MONSTER CRISP-GUZZLER
www.malorieblackman.co.uk
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ISBN 9781407048048
Version 1.0
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CHECKMATE
A CORGI BOOK
ISBN: 9781407048048
Version 1.0
First published in Great Britain by Doubleday,
an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Doubleday edition published 2005
Corgi edition published 2006
3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4
Copyright Oneta Malorie Blackman, 2005
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This book is dedicated to
Neil and Lizzy
As always.
I love you. As always.
And I'd like to say a big thank-you to the
following people, without whom the Noughts &
Crosses series would've taken at least twice as long!
Mum and Wendy
Hilary my agent, for her never-failing
humour and patience
Sue Cook and Annie Eaton
Roma and Eddie
Sean and Gill
Lesley
Minerva
Hilary, Heather, Amrit, Merris, Roxanne, Nadine, Verna,
Catherine, Sandra, Millie, Via, Elizabeth, Jill and Mary
friends who constantly inspire awe and admiration
And all the other people who sent me emails
and letters to wish me well and spur me on.
And last but not least, this book is also dedicated to my
mother-in-law, Molly, who never showed me anything but
great love and kindness.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all.
EMILY DICKINSON
A man's character is his fate.
HERACLITUS
The General watched as his Liberation Militia commanders took their places around the imposing mahogany dining table. He studied each of them in turn. Years of self-discipline honed from childhood made it easy for him to keep his expression neutral. Six men and three women finally settled and looked at him in respectful anticipation. Most of those around the table were older than the General who, though in his late thirties, was the youngest leader the L.M. had ever had.
'The room's clean?' the General turned to ask Morgan Green, his personal assistant and right-hand man, who sat, not at the table, but just behind him. Next to Morgan sat Tanya, Morgan's assistant. They were the General's retinue and he was hardly ever seen without one or both of them in tow.
'Yes, sir. I've had the place swept for bugs and other surveillance devices twice. We're clean.'
The General's searching gaze lasered slowly but steadily around the room. They were meeting in the country mansion of a Liberation Militia sympathizer who was also a prominent Nought businessman. There were one or two 'prominent' Noughts in most areas of society now. One or two. A promising Nought ballerina or successful Nought stockbroker or Nought assistant to the assistant of the Chief of Police was always trotted out and put on show for the nation's media. How clever of the dark-skinned Crosses to 'allow' the occasional pale-skinned Nought to 'make it'. Successful Noughts were a safety valve. A sop for the Crosses to point to and say, 'See! He's made it. And if he can and you can't, then that's your fault, not ours.'
Not only was the meeting top secret, it also required the highest level of discretion. The commanders had arrived at the house over the course of the previous few nights, each under cover of darkness, in blacked-out cars and only after the surrounding area had been scanned and checked to ensure they weren't being observed. It was late winter and the sky was hauntingly dark. The damask curtains with blackout lining had been firmly drawn since mid-afternoon. Two crystal chandeliers above the vast table twinkled and glittered around the candle-shaped electric bulbs, like fairy lights on a tree at Crossmas time. Each of the walls around them was decorated with oak-wood panelling. An ornate and understatedly expensive silk rug had been placed under the table, covering the hardwood floor. Portraits and landscape paintings reflecting the owner's very conservative tastes had been hung at regular intervals over the panelling.
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