The City of Harlech is a new city, but the path of this city is up for decision with the 1984 municipal election. Both Emma Monique and Kaj Kejsaren are apathetic to the political election. Emma now runs a bustling private investigations company, and Kaj faces a disciplinary hearing for his past actions, but both are anxious for the future of the city nonetheless. They take out their anxieties as they separately investigate those in control of the city, hoping to learn who or what criminal organization aims to take control, or continue to control, the city in a position of absolute power and consolidate the criminal activities of the city for their own doing. To aid their efforts, they come to reflect on the past again, where a power struggle ensued fifteen years ago for control of the city, but now continues to struggle for control of the Greater Harlech region. This final battle for control pushes both Emma and Kaj to their limits, transforming each of them for better or for worse, as they action their own plans in opposition to the hostile powers that lurk.
Tag: politics
The Fourth Level – Book 8 – Bon Vacances
In recognition for the tremendous humanitarian servitude of the Cabernet family, notably Derby Martel de la Cabernet, the French government has awarded Charlemagne de la Cabernet, and by extension, the Cabernet family with France’s highest merit. Not soon after finding himself in the limelight of the press, the mainstream media turn on Charlemagne as he wanders into a Gilets Jaune protest in Paris, making populist remarks and showing his support for the protests against the French government, which the media come to interpret as ‘racist’ and claim that the Cabernet family is not even French at all in an attempt to delegitimize the family and their honor.
Furious, Charlemagne, his girlfriend, and the children set off on a road trip across all of that composes the French realm, meeting with locals and seeing the beautiful countryside and many cities of France as he attempts to prove the media wrong. However, this good family vacation quickly turns deadly as ‘accidents’ begin to occur that are too coincidental to even be determined to be accidental, but appear to be the work of an assassin.
Is it all a coincidence? Is there an assassin? Is the Cabernet family even French? Why would someone want to assassinate Charlemagne? Is it political or more…?