When the patriarch of one of South Africa's most powerful families dies, his son uncovers a hidden ledger that threatens to unravel the empire built in his father's name.The Bloodline Code is a political thriller of legacy, corruption, and truth. Lucas Brandt has spent his life distancing himself from his family's shadow-until a whistleblower's death pulls him back into a world of corporate espionage, buried crimes, and the ghosts of a stolen nation. As he races to expose the system his father helped build, investigative journalist Zara Mokoena risks everything to reveal the story no one wants told.From Johannesburg's boardrooms to the corridors of global power, this debut novel explores how empires fall-not from enemies, but from those who dare to speak.The Bloodline Code launches the Bloodlines of Power series-intelligent, atmospheric thrillers where every secret has a price, and truth is the deadliest inheritance of all.