The Eight

"Catherine Velis is a workaholic computer expert who finds herself manipulated by sinister influences into using her unrivalled problem-solving skills to find and reassemble the Montglane Service - a priceless, legendary chess set once owned by the Emperor Charlemagne and dispersed throughout Europe during the French Revolution. Exiled by her unscrupulous bosses, and not a littel under the spell of the handsome and enigmatic Russian chess Grandmaster Solarin, Cat sets out to play her part in the greatest treasure hunt of all time." -- back cover.