The powerhouse

For more than a thousand years, the world has believed that governments rule it. They were never told the whole truth.

Behind the borders and constitutions lies the Powerhouse-an invisible institution controlled by twenty-four Royal Families, six Underworld Supremes, and one Economist. But an ancient oracle foretells that exactly one millennium after its creation, a "True Eminence" will rise to rewrite the rules of the earth.

Enter Prince. By day, he is an unassuming twenty-two-year-old medical student in Dhaka. By night, he is the hidden heir to the greatest royal dynasty in history. When a rogue Roman Mafia emperor triggers a global holy war against the Royalists, Prince must step out of the light.

Armed with an impossibly brilliant tactical mind, a hidden "Shadow Army" of slum youth, and a ghost fleet resurrected from beneath Chernobyl, Prince enters the underworld. He doesn't shoot guns; he fights with his head. Outsmarting American titans and European overlords, he orchestrates bloodless continental coups, turning the world's most dangerous men into his pawns to earn a new title: The Peacemaker.

But surviving the global war is only half the battle. As the dust settles and Prince takes the throne as the Supreme Guardian of the United Underworld, he discovers his greatest asset has been hiding in plain sight. His innocent wife, Diana, is not the civilian he thought she was. She is The Hawkeye-a parallel mastermind who has been secretly planning the consequences of his victories all along.