Pawns and Rooks [Fiction | Drama] by Sevastian Winters

Power isn’t earned. It’s engineered.In Pawns and Rooks, a disgraced Washington power broker tells the story of the rising political star he built from nothing—only to watch him deny ever knowing his name when the scandal hits.Peter Merritt thought he was climbing the ranks on talent and ambition. He never realized someone else was paying the bills, arranging the meetings, and pulling the strings from the shadows. In politics, no one rises alone—and no one falls without a reason.This is a dark, cynical political drama about manipulation, ambition, betrayal, and the illusion of merit inside the machine of power.