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The Children of Kings: A Study in Useful Men - Deluxe Edition. The Temporary Arrangements Series, #2

Par : Ralph Clayton
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  • FormatePub
  • ISBN8233353079
  • EAN9798233353079
  • Date de parution01/04/2026
  • Protection num.Adobe DRM
  • Infos supplémentairesepub
  • ÉditeurLinda Balsamo

Résumé

The Children of Kings: A Study in Useful Men(The Temporary Arrangements Series - Book 2)Some men inherit power. Others inherit the damage. The Children of Kings is the second book in The Temporary Arrangements Series, a dark, unsentimental examination of how men are shaped, renamed, and repurposed inside systems that no longer need to announce themselves with violence. Set against the residue of old hierarchies-money, fear, loyalty, appetite-the book follows the quiet mechanics of recruitment, obedience, and usefulness.
Here, power does not roar. It schedules. It does not destroy bodies. It processes people. Across industrial backrooms, private compounds, waiting rooms, and administrative corridors, men learn the same lesson in different forms: survival is not freedom, and usefulness is not dignity. Names change. Roles harden. What looks like choice is often just alignment happening slowly enough to feel voluntary.
Violence appears, but it never resolves anything. Tradition lingers, but it no longer decides outcomes. The real work happens in delay, procedure, and the moment when a man realizes he is being maintained rather than protected. This is not a redemption story. It is not a power fantasy. It is a study. Written in a stark, noir-inflected style with dark humor and procedural calm, The Children of Kings continues the series' exploration of modern authority, masculinity, and inheritance-where silence carries more weight than spectacle, and nothing is explained away.
Nothing ends. It just keeps processing. The Deluxe edition includes :   Author's commentary and extras.