Scions of Legacy: The Powers That Be: (Book 1) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798242143784)

2026 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS WINNER - African American Fiction

Scions of Legacy: The Powers That Be expands the world of Rude Boy USA into a new era, where the consequences of past empires collide with modern politics, media, and influence. The streets that once shaped the Chimera legacy have gone quiet, but the forces that built it never truly left.

At the center of this new chapter are the LeBlanc heirs, brilliant, driven, and raised in the long shadow of a history they did not create but cannot escape. Sophie LeBlanc operates in the corridors of policy, philanthropy, and national politics, where reputations are currency and perception can destroy a family overnight. Her sister Sandra carries the instincts of the past, alert to danger, loyal to community, and unwilling to play polite when truth is at stake. Around them, business, philanthropy, and power intersect in ways that feel clean on the surface and deeply compromised underneath.

When a rising political figure collapses on live television, the shock fractures more than a campaign. Old names resurface. Long-buried alliances reawaken. And the LeBlanc family finds itself pulled into a narrative shaped by unseen hands determined to rewrite history for their own gain. What begins as a crisis of optics quickly reveals itself as something far more dangerous: a coordinated effort by elite power brokers who understand that legacy is the one force that can still threaten them.

Scions of Legacy: The Powers That Be is not a sequel. It is a reckoning. A story about inherited influence, manufactured truth, and the quiet war between community power and institutional control. It explores what happens when the children of survival are forced to confront systems far more polished and far more ruthless than anything their parents faced.

The past built the foundation.
The present is the battleground.
And the future belongs to those willing to fight for it.

Author: Victoria Bolton
ISBN-13: 9798242143784
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2026
Pages: 374
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d