{"product_id":"the-king-of-the-yard-michael-rowan-9798245153537","title":"The King of the Yard: A Prison Officer's Secret Empire of Corruption, Contraband, Currency, and Control","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prison is a city.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has its own economy, its own laws, and its own kings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a new prison officer joins the service at over fifty years old, he arrives with something most officers don't possess: \u003cb\u003ematurity, discipline, and calm authority.\u003c\/b\u003e Staff respect him. Prisoners respect him. Even the governor sees leadership potential in him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut behind the walls, respect is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the wings, power doesn't belong to the loudest men, or the strongest. It belongs to the ones who can control the flow of currency: phones, SIM cards, favours, protection. The ones who can obtain what no one else can.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne prisoner stands apart. Quiet. Intelligent. Dangerous in a way that doesn't need shouting. Their conversations begin harmlessly: \u003cb\u003ebooks, travel, spirituality, life.\u003c\/b\u003e Until one question changes everything: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Who runs this prison?\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is not a story of a weak officer being manipulated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of a \u003cb\u003esystem being outwitted.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA city being rewritten.\u003cbr\u003eAnd a hidden empire built in plain sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContraband begins to move like clockwork. The prison panics. Security tightens. Rumours spread. Nobody suspects the man with the polished shoes and calm voice, the one everyone trusts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the most dangerous corruption isn't greed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in a city behind bars, \u003cb\u003ewhoever controls the currency controls the kingdom.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe King of the Yard\u003c\/b\u003e is a gripping prison story of power, loyalty, moral collapse, and the intoxicating thrill of beating a system that believes it cannot be beaten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll never look at a uniform the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Rowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245153537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Michael Rowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997530632447,"sku":"9798245153537","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-king-of-the-yard-michael-rowan-9798245153537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}