The Fanged President

Power does not always corrupt. Sometimes, it grows teeth.

President Kweku Mensah Adom enters office promising that the presidency will never become more important than the Republic. On inauguration night, a hidden elevator takes him beneath Jubilee House and into a secret tradition inherited by generations of rulers: the Second Oath.

Its proposition is simple and dangerous—when the nation is in danger, the law may have to wait.

Kweku refuses. Then his first unlawful decision saves lives. As crises multiply, every successful shortcut makes him more effective, every victory makes the next violation easier—and his teeth begin to change.

The greatest threat to Anansema may not be a coup or conspiracy, but a good president who keeps being proven right when he breaks the rules.

For readers of

Political thrillers, African speculative fiction, institutional horror, constitutional crises, morally compromised leaders and stories in which effective power becomes the most dangerous power of all.

The Fanged Series begins here

The Fanged President is Book One of a continuing political-horror series about entrusted power becoming ownership. Start with the first oath and follow the consequences as they spread through the Republic.