Chicanery

After twenty years in exile David Richelieu returns to his homeland where an execution warrant awaits him for unspecified crimes. At the border, the AI cameras identify him as Cyomared, the ex-Prime Minister of that once democratic nation, and he is arrested at the border by the young assistant to the Minister of Culture. Cyomared ends up in prison. Cyomared’s interrogator, the Minister, has just one question, “Why did you return knowing you will die?” before carrying out the execution. Cyomared’s answer, that he returned for the woman he still loves and wishes to meet for one last time doesn’t convince the Minister. He suspects that Cyomared has been helping the Others to overthrow the despotic government in the general Elections that are just a few days away.

How the Others manage to break the surveillance and control of the oligarchs and restore their people’s freedom, liberty and dignity, and how personal ambition, internecine rivalry and betrayal lead to the downfall of the men in power, is revealed in a racy, gripping tale of intrigue, dreams, hopes and commitment to a greater cause.

About the Author: Timeri N Murari began his career as a reporter on a Canadian newspaper before moving to London to write for The Guardian for 25 years. He has written 15 novels, five non-fiction books, a young adult trilogy, two childrens’ novels, stage plays and screenplays. Time magazine included his film, Daayra (The Square Circle), in its top 10 films of the year and he later directed it in Leicester Haymarket Theatre as a stage play, starring Parminder Nagra and Rahul Bose. A UK/India coproduction starts shooting the film adaptation of his novel, The Arrangements of Love, April 2024.