{"product_id":"jagaban-h-d-maren-9798249337285","title":"Jagaban: The King of Cash Who Bought a Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eJagaban: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe King of Cash Who Bought a Country\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe didn't invade with weapons. He bought the country with a bill.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tropical, golden fields of the Republic of Kalonga, a shady foreign investor named Amir Pasha arrives by private jet. He is orderly, soft-spoken, and carries suitcases of crisp American dollars. To the Prime Minister, he is a financial saviour. To the Prime Minister's daughter, he is a sophisticated lover.\u003cbr\u003eBut to elite narcotics investigators in Rotterdam and Antwerp, he is a phantom\u003cb\u003e: Loke Van Zyl-alias \u003ci\u003eJagaban\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e-the most wanted drug lord in Europe.\u003cbr\u003eAs 10-ton loads of cocaine sweep through customs and hundred-dollar bills rain down like ticker tape at the Prime Ministerial Lodge, Kalonga's fragile democracy begins to collapse. The King of Cash controls the ports. He controls the police. He controls the truth.\u003cbr\u003eOnly two dare to pierce the illusion: \u003cb\u003eMariatu Conteh\u003c\/b\u003e, a fierce young journalist who wakes to find \u003cb\u003e\"SILENCE\"\u003c\/b\u003e written in blood across her bedroom wall, and \u003cb\u003eMusa Swaray\u003c\/b\u003e, a weary ex-detective holding a file that must never see the light of day.\u003cbr\u003eIn a nation where justice is for sale and the king is divine, they must decide if the truth is worth dying for-or if Kalonga is already lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the chilling real-world hunt for international cartels across Europe and Africa, \u003ci\u003eJagaban\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive narco-noir that exposes the price of a soul in a state captured by cash.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. D. Maren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249337285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d","brand":"H. D. Maren","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443196244223,"sku":"9798249337285","price":7.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6150d935-43a1-4165-a39b-3672a4c99dcf.jpg?v=1777202495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jagaban-h-d-maren-9798249337285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}