The About-Face Series: Checkmate is the first of a two-part series introducing the readers to Genesis Pharrell and a host of other dynamic supporting pieces. Read how they willingly and unwillingly are forced to make strategic moves that can lead to life or death decisions. Now that Genesis Pharrell is being released after serving a ten year sentence...will he use this second chance to reclaim the life he should have had or will circumstances out of his control cause the handsome college graduate to abandon his thoughts of redemption in order to seek revenge and retributionwhen the one person that never stopped believing in him is shot.In order to navigate his journey, Genesis will have to learn to continuously be strategic, which may result is several about-face moves in order to avoid his "king" from being checked and be forced an endgame. The challenge for the college graduate and once convict is making these moves while he carries the stress and burdens of the few family members he has left. In his attempt lives will be strategically positioned while being twisted, turned and terminated just to get a checkmate.Join Genesis and others as old and new relationships are challenged, confused, convicted and connected in order to play on the chessboard called Life.