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Anton Morris
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Exposed: Humanity Craves Power

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Publish)

Exposed: Humanity Craves Power is, a 90,700-word novel, begins at the end of HORUS FITSROY'S run for his party's nomination. He leaves the courthouse to face a swarm of reporters who want to know if Horus is guilty of conspiring to kill a suddenly famous internet journalist - APOLLO GIVENS. Once home, Horus and his brother JASON recall days when life was more straightforward for them. They remember the night of the company Christmas party when things changed. Through multiple points of view, we learn why Horus embarks on the presidential run and how his efforts affect each character. Apollo accepts a job as a newspaper fact-checker. He gets familiar with the company's databases and plans to use those databases to promote his journalistic ambitions. While Apollo plans how he'll win thousands of followers on his news blog web site, CASSANDRA shows her savvy and formidable lawyer skills. She advises her colleagues in a trademark infringement case, but her advice is ignored, much to her colleagues' dissatisfaction. We see that Cassandra often has her advice ignored when her brothers Horus and Jason ignore her words of caution in their quest for revenge. After a month of highly successful trades in the stock market, Horus proposes a company take-over of the company that ran their father's small grocery chain out of business. The sudden acquisition, coupled with the over-seas investments, draws the attention of Deep State members ELIZABETH HORN and GREGORY PICARDI. Jason accepts a meeting with Horn and Picardi. Cassandra smells a rat and insists that she join the meeting. Cassandra's suspicions are correct - Elizabeth and Gregory want to put the squeeze on her brother's firm. While this happens, Apollo kicks his ambition in another gear. He rummages through the database to discover the Democratic hopeful's abusive and occult past. Apollo decides to publish what he finds. Horus and Cassandra now tour the Ivory Coast. They have hopes to sign cocoa bean farmers to contracts and increase the cocoa bean imports to the U.S. Thunderstruck by the local conditions; Hours makes an impromptu proposal to build a refinery to employee thousands of locals. This massive project calls the attention of the Office of the U.S. Trade. To Horus' chagrin, he learns that Gregory Picardi is the presiding facilitator who must give the head nod for Horus' company to proceed. Back in the U.S., SHIP, The leader of the Guddi Feex brotherhood, speaks with Jason and RASHIN, Jason's father. Ship is dissatisfied with the squeeze from Elizabeth Horn's circle of friends. He believes the Deep State needs a push back. The three of them agree that a presidential candidate from their group would give them that push back - they recognize that Horus is the best candidate. When Horus returns, he shows his wit during extemporaneous debates and think-tank contributions. Initially, he is distracted from the idea of a presidential run by thoughts of DAPHNE. They met on a plane ride to New Orleans. Horus can barely function until she agrees to marry him. When she does, the stars are aligned, and Horus' What If Campaign takes off. While things work well for Horus, they turn south for Apollo. Writing the negative report on Senator CUNNINGHAM makes Apollo the target of Elizabeth Horn's horde. Apollo doesn't know what hits him when he downloads a virus, has his website shut down, and loses his job. He lands on his feet, mopping and sweeping floors inside of a retail shop. There he meets LUKE, who gives Apollo the option to write and supplies him with state of the art equipment. Apollo uses his equipment to write about a secret society called Guddi Feex. He learns that his information about the organization is all wrong when he gets an email from MELEAGER. In his interview with Meleager, Apollo learns that the Guddi Feex members are descendants of black slave owners who won their wealth through slave labor. What he also discovers is that Horus Fitsroy is one of those descendants. At the last minute, Apollo chooses not to publicize his article - but it is too late; Luke has already uploaded Apollo's research and report. Luke and Elizabeth Horn try to use the information to force Horus out of the political race. When the article hits the public, no one expects the riots in the black communities or the historical black college campuses. Apollo is not immune to violence. Many people blame him for it. The disdain leads to his murder by Sam, an old Vietnam veteran and beneficiary of Horus' benevolence. Returning to the present day, we see Horus, charged by the Department of Justice, plans his push back against the Deep State. He drops out of the race supports an improbable candidate who will drain the swamp and put Elizabeth Horn on the run.

Reviews
Eduardo Andres Espinoza

I’ve gotta say, I thought I’d have more reservations or complaints about the political aspects of the story, but Anton D. Morris manages to have everything explained in simple terms and makes it interesting. That’s really impressive. ​

I’m pleasantly surprised.

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