Overview

Sometimes you have to sacrifice a pawn to win the game, but what if you’re that pawn?

Rich, unable to speak Russian, and devilishly handsome, Victor Tabor is Vladimir’s perfect mark, or he would be if he didn’t have a thing for Vladimir’s Pioneer uniform.

Vladimir is a pawn in the game of life, a leader at a kids’ summer camp, but has big ambitions that don’t involve remaining a tiny cog in 1980s USSR.

This is an extended version of a short story, Pawn's Gambit, included in These Deviant Ties anthology.