Where the Winners Hide

di Barron Darby (Autore)

Barron Darby, 2026

The morning after Governor Keven Dunlow wins another term, he is hiding behind a rack of campaign coats. On the other side of the door stands Mertle Falk, the flood survivor whose wet kitchen he put in his last ad, leaning on her cane and holding the invitation he sent her. Beside her stands the man who used to open every door for him: his access man, Edric Vey. Mertle's house has been drawn into an "acquisition area" by a company nobody voted for. Her repair appointment has been cancelled. And when Edric follows the paper, it leads straight back to him: a venue certificate he signed without checking, now being used to move the flood recovery out of public hands and into rooms up the hill where the winners are quartered. Then the man asking the same questions, Assembly finance man Corin Sorell, disappears. Edric's wrist is broken at a service-road gate. His brother's yard gets leaned on. The woman who helped him fold the invitations is offered a permanent job to stop remembering. And every time Edric pushes, somebody offers him a private door: fix the wording from inside, take the meeting, let it all go quiet. Edric knows exactly what that door costs, because he has walked people through it for years. Now the water is coming back to the temporary units, Mertle is still waiting at the front door, and the only way to undo what his signature bought is to stand where everyone can see him and say it out loud. Where the Winners Hide is a political thriller about power, paperwork and the people left standing in the hallway, and one man deciding which door he is going to hold.

• Autore: Barron Darby
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Barron Darby
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798953974042