Eric G Glenn
The Graham Files: Shattered Mandates is a gripping, intelligent novel that examines what happens when truth becomes dangerous, memory becomes a crime, and education becomes the battlefield.Set in a near-future America where historical facts are being systematically erased, Shattered Mandates follows Dr. Langston Elkanah Graham, a refined but relentless professor of history who never intended to become a revolutionary. When the federal government launches a campaign to sanitize the national narrative-banning books, scrubbing archives, and punishing educators who teach inconvenient truths-Dr. Graham is thrust into the heart of a growing intellectual rebellion.Leading an underground collective known as ScholarForge, Dr. Graham and his allies-professors, students, elders, and technologists-work in secrecy to preserve the banned knowledge of generations past. As libraries are raided, encrypted data vaults are exposed, and children are reprogrammed with state-approved lessons, Graham must risk not only his career, but his life, to awaken a nation lulled by silence. Every lecture becomes an act of resistance. Every hidden manuscript, a weapon of liberation.From Ivy League halls to the crumbling schools of forgotten zip codes, from backroom cigar lounges to encrypted virtual classrooms, Shattered Mandates is a sweeping exploration of what it means to defend history in an era of erasure. It is a novel steeped in political intrigue, rich with cultural urgency, and grounded in the moral clarity of those who refuse to forget.For readers who value the intersection of identity, justice, and legacy, this second installment in The Graham Files series is both a warning and a rallying cry-a bold challenge to the forces that threaten academic freedom, racial truth, and the power of collective memory.
