Cover of The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

The Grandest Game, #1

The Grandest Game

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes


Genre
Young Adult, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Year
2024
Pages
351
Contents

CHAPTER 71: ROHAN

Overview

Rohan and Savannah turn their apparent mistake with the destroyed fan into an advantage, using glitter, a lint roller sheet, and improvised airflow to reveal the clue KING ME. Their partnership sharpens into a competitive alliance as they solve the checkers puzzle and unlock the exit with the birthday card’s music. The discovery brings them out to the rocky shore, advancing them toward the next stage of the Grandest Game.

Summary

After Rohan and Savannah tear apart the fan, the action appears useless, and Savannah notes that they may have destroyed an object they will need later. Rohan insists they can improvise, revealing his preference for scavenging broken things rather than fixing them.

Rohan pickpockets Savannah’s glitter vial and dumps the glitter into his palm. When Savannah warns that glitter sticks to everything, Rohan realizes the lint roller may be the key. Savannah rapidly unrolls the sheets and identifies one with uneven adhesive.

Rohan spreads glitter across the sticky sheet, and Savannah dumps off the excess. The remaining glitter forms an unclear pattern until Savannah connects the clue back to the ruined fan. Because the fan is unusable, Rohan improvises by using the sword as a fan, then blowing across the sheet until the message KING ME appears.

Savannah recognizes the phrase as a checkers instruction. Rohan and Savannah rush to the wall game and debate whether to king specific pieces or all of them. Savannah flips the black pieces on the back row, and Rohan flips the red pieces; when Rohan turns the final piece, the wall splits open and reveals a locked door with an audio-code prompt.

Rohan realizes the unused birthday card must provide the audio code. When Rohan opens it, the melody of Clair de Lune plays, matching the moonlight theme, and the door opens onto the rocky shore.

Who Appears

  • Rohan
    Improvises from broken clues, finds the glitter message, and uses the birthday card to open the door.
  • Savannah Grayson
    Works fiercely with Rohan, spots key adhesive and checkers connections, and helps trigger the exit.
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