A Haughty Heart: The Discipline of a Dangerous Mind (Shadow of the Crown)
Abraham, Dr. Olubukola Grace
Synopsis "A Haughty Heart: The Discipline of a Dangerous Mind (Shadow of the Crown)"
Baba has spent most of his life being underestimated. He is the quieter son. The one who watches more than he speaks, remembers more than people realise, and understands power well enough to know that the loudest person in the room is rarely the most dangerous. But when his family chooses silence over justice, Baba stops waiting for the people in authority to do what is right. He begins making decisions of his own. What starts as a private wound soon grows into something much larger. Baba’s intelligence, patience, and ability to read people begin drawing attention far beyond the family. Before long, he is no longer just the overlooked son of President Ayànfẹ́. He is a public voice, a political force, and a man who understands exactly how quickly loyalty can move when people lose faith in the centre. The problem is that Baba also believes he is right. And that belief becomes more dangerous with every success. Set in the fictional African nation of Ajagunla, A Haughty Heart: The Discipline of a Dangerous Mind is a contemporary reimagining of the biblical story of Absalom, told from inside the mind of a man whose greatest strengths gradually become the very things that destroy him. It is a story of family betrayal, delayed justice, political influence, quiet coups, shifting loyalties, ambition, pride, and the dangerous point where intelligence begins to mistake itself for moral authority. Baba is not a hero. But neither is he easy to dismiss. He has reasons. And that may be the most dangerous thing about him. At the heart of the novel is one question: What happens when justice is withheld by authority and seized by a son who refuses to forget?
