Thieves' Gambit

Winner takes all: a cutthroat competition for the world’s best thief and the girl who must beat the odds to save her mother’s life.  Seventeen-year-old Rosalyn Quest was raised by a legendary family of thieves with one rule: trust no one. Trapped in a glamorous world of riches and double-crosses, she is about to escape the family business when her mother is kidnapped. Her only chance to save her is to win the Thieves’ Gambit – a deadly competition for the world’s up-and-coming thieves, where the victor is granted one wish. To win, she must outwit all of her backstabbing competitors, including her childhood archnemesis. But can she take victory from the handsome, charming boy who makes a play for her heart and might be hiding the most dangerous secret of all? The most highly-anticipated YA launch of the year from Kayvion Lewis and soon to be a major movie, this cinematic heist thriller is The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven.

KAYVION LEWIS is a young adult author living in Shreveport, Louisiana. She’s been working with books since she was sixteen, hopping from libraries to bookstores and back again. Her first novel, THE HALF-CLASS, came out with the indie press Parliament House in September 2021. She spends her free time breaking out of escape rooms, throwing knives, and occasionally jumping out of airplanes.  THIEVES’ GAMBIT, releases around the world and in over 20 languages in September 2023.  Film rights have been bought by Lionsgate.