In 1835, when his father is put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, twelve-year-old chess prodigy Rufus Goodspeed is relieved to be recruited to secretly operate a chess-playing automaton named The Turk, but soon questions the fate of his predecessors and his own safety.
- ISBN10 0803739249
- ISBN13 9780803739246
- Publish Date 10 April 2014
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dial Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 313
- Language English