MARKED FOR SILENCE

Some truths are buried. Others are protected.

Lou Hamwemba is a disciplined corporate lawyer who has spent his career navigating rules rather than challenging them. In Lusaka, where power moves quietly and legality often masks control, his life has been built on restraint, procedure, and distance. That balance shatters the moment a frightened analyst walks into his office carrying evidence powerful enough to threaten people who do not answer to courts.

Musonda has uncovered what was never meant to surface. Behind multinational contracts and development projects lies a network of corruption that reaches beyond boardrooms and into the machinery of the state. When attempts to silence her begin, Lou becomes more than her legal counsel. He becomes her shield, her accomplice, and eventually her only remaining ally.

As pressure mounts and surveillance closes in, Lou is forced to confront a past he believed was buried with his father. The man he thought he knew had once been entangled in the very system now hunting them. What began as a legal case evolves into a dangerous unraveling of legacy, loyalty, and the cost of knowing too much.

Chased through court corridors, city streets, and places deliberately forgotten, Lou and Musonda discover that the law was never designed to protect those who expose power. Trust becomes fragile. Love becomes dangerous. Silence becomes a weapon.

Marked for Silence is a gripping legal thriller set against the complex realities of modern Zambia, blending suspense, political intrigue, and emotional depth. It is a story about truth in hostile systems, the inheritance of unfinished battles, and the thin line between justice and survival.
Because when power decides you are a liability, the question is no longer whether you are right, but whether you will live long enough to be heard.