Gambito de los ladrones / Thieve's Gambit

Los Quest son una legendaria familia de ladrones que se rige por una única regla: la lealtad es cosa de familia.

Ross Quest ha vivido atrapada en un mundo de riquezas y traiciones. Justo antes de escaparse a la universidad, recibe una invitación para el Gambito de Ladrones: una competencia entre ladrones de guante blanco en la que al ganador se le concede un deseo. Cuando su mamá es secuestrada, Ross decide conseguir ese deseo para salvarla. Pero, para ganar, deberá superar a todos sus astutos competidores, incluyendo a su vieja archienemiga y a un chico tan encantador como peligroso. Si no quiere perderlo todo, la joven ladrona tendrá que hacer la jugada definitiva y descubrir qué significa la lealtad.
 
Pero… ¿y si llevaras la traición en la sangre?

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world’s best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life.

At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother’s life hanging in the balance.

In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves’ Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn’t exactly off limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world—a wish that could save her mom. When she learns two of her competitors include her childhood nemesis and a handsome, smooth-talking guy who might also want to steal her heart, winning the Gambit becomes trickier than she imagined.

Ross tries her best to stick to the family creed: trust no one whose last name isn’t Quest. But with the stakes this high, Ross will have to decide who to con and who to trust before time runs out. After all, only one of them can win.
Kayvion Lewis es autora de literatura juvenil. Ex bibliotecaria, ha trabajado con lectores jóvenes y niños desde que tenía 16 años. Cuando no está escribiendo, está resolviendo escape rooms, saltando de aviones y, ocasionalmente, escondida en retiros de montaña aprendiendo kung fu. Aunque es originaria de Luisiana y visita con frecuencia a su familia en las Bahamas, hoy en día puedes encontrarla en Nueva York, al menos hasta que emprenda su próxima aventura.

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Los Quest son una legendaria familia de ladrones que se rige por una única regla: la lealtad es cosa de familia.

Ross Quest ha vivido atrapada en un mundo de riquezas y traiciones. Justo antes de escaparse a la universidad, recibe una invitación para el Gambito de Ladrones: una competencia entre ladrones de guante blanco en la que al ganador se le concede un deseo. Cuando su mamá es secuestrada, Ross decide conseguir ese deseo para salvarla. Pero, para ganar, deberá superar a todos sus astutos competidores, incluyendo a su vieja archienemiga y a un chico tan encantador como peligroso. Si no quiere perderlo todo, la joven ladrona tendrá que hacer la jugada definitiva y descubrir qué significa la lealtad.
 
Pero… ¿y si llevaras la traición en la sangre?

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world’s best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life.

At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother’s life hanging in the balance.

In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves’ Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn’t exactly off limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world—a wish that could save her mom. When she learns two of her competitors include her childhood nemesis and a handsome, smooth-talking guy who might also want to steal her heart, winning the Gambit becomes trickier than she imagined.

Ross tries her best to stick to the family creed: trust no one whose last name isn’t Quest. But with the stakes this high, Ross will have to decide who to con and who to trust before time runs out. After all, only one of them can win.

Author

Kayvion Lewis es autora de literatura juvenil. Ex bibliotecaria, ha trabajado con lectores jóvenes y niños desde que tenía 16 años. Cuando no está escribiendo, está resolviendo escape rooms, saltando de aviones y, ocasionalmente, escondida en retiros de montaña aprendiendo kung fu. Aunque es originaria de Luisiana y visita con frecuencia a su familia en las Bahamas, hoy en día puedes encontrarla en Nueva York, al menos hasta que emprenda su próxima aventura.

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