The Silk Noose

The Silk Noose begins with a whisper and ends in a scream. In the shimmering capital of Yaabinda, Eli Nduma—son of Chief Tombe Nduma, oil magnate and shadow kingmaker—is inducted into ENAM, the elite academy where the country's next rulers are forged. But privilege, power, and prestige come at a cost Eli can barely articulate, let alone escape.Born into legacy, but torn between obedience and identity, Eli steps into a world of marble floors and hidden knives. At the ceremony that cements his future, a mysterious stranger warns him: "The price has already been paid… but not by you." What unfolds is a slow descent into a maze of inherited corruption, unspoken sexual identity, and ancestral expectation. As Eli is pulled deeper into secret societies and elite rituals, the question becomes not whether he will survive the system—but whether his soul will. When a dream of fire leaves a flame burning under his skin, Eli can no longer pretend he is untouched. His admission to ENAM, far from a triumph, is the beginning of a dangerous initiation—into loyalty, into power, into secrets so ancient they bleed into myth. When he discovers a dossier with his name circled in red, he realizes his life is not only controlled—it's been foretold. Haunted by visions, burdened by legacy, and tempted by love that must remain hidden, Eli is forced to choose between who he is and who the nation demands he become. In a country where truth is treason, where silence is survival, and where even love is a political weapon, The Silk Noose is a story of identity, inheritance, and insurrection.