I Was Next in Line to Inherit, Yet Somehow Became President of the United States

In a parallel universe, identity politics has become a bargaining chip in the struggle for power. Then a natural disaster propels the most marginalized “diversity figurehead” to the pinnacle of power. Under the presidential line of succession, Yang Zhen, a Chinese American technocrat, unexpectedly becomes acting president of the United States. Faced with a constitutional crisis in the wake of a power vacuum at the highest levels, partisan infighting, and distrust from the military, he must draw on Eastern wisdom and professional expertise to unite a nation on the verge of collapse amid a superclimate catastrophe and a storm of domestic division. This is the ultimate test of racial identity, legitimacy, and true leadership, as an unconventional leader redefines the American spirit in its darkest hour.