First Move Wins

In the megalopolis of Europa, culture is currency and legacy is power.

The ruling elite hoard history like treasure. They industrialise archaeology, control education, police trade and turn cultural heritage into profit. Museums are vaults of power, lineage determines your worth, and the past belongs to those who can afford to preserve it.

But if history can be owned, it can also be stolen.

When Åke Åkerman is drawn into the Curator's orbit,  a vindictive art heist becomes the first move in a much larger game. What begins as an act of rebellion soon draws together a group of unlikely outsiders. But as the carefully curated club plans its first job, its members begin to realise they are provoking something far bigger—and far more dangerous—than a circle of art-hoarding elitists. Who exactly decides whose history survives, and whose is erased?
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The Heist Club Founding Story

"First Move Wins" is a stylish, character-driven heist story set in a Europe shaped by elitism, culture and privatised history.

This free-to-read, full-length novel follows the seven future members of the Heist Club as they come together to pull off their first daring jobs. Every great heist needs the right crew, and the Curator believes they have what it takes to overthrow the establishment. Along the way, they meet new allies, forge unlikely partnerships and learn to exploit the illicit art trade… all while conspiring to rob the elite who claim to own history.

“First Move Wins” is currently ongoing and in its first draft.
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Estimated final chapter count: 17 chapters
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