Carolina Wren: The First President of the New Republic

Carolina Wren beat Victor Grain with subpoenas and a public ledger, and became President. On the night of her victory speech, at the second she says “Thank you, Victor,” the water-treatment systems of three cities fault for two seconds and correct themselves. The maintenance logs show one technician at all three sites. The name on the logs is the cover name she used for ten years as an intelligence officer. Two years later the faults come back, in eleven cities, on a countdown that ends on the anniversary of the speech. The lawful way to stop it takes eleven days. She has four. In her safe is Victor’s sealed playbook, which would do it in an afternoon by the methods she outlawed. She tells the story herself, with five chapters and the last word given to Victor. It is about what she does, what it costs, and whether she tells the country. Book Two of the Victor Grain series. It can be read on its own. Chapters One and Two are free to read.

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