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Qui And Ken
Paperback
Publisher: Stormy McKnight
Published: Jun 11 2026
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In a world where secrets are currency and the highest levels of government are built on a foundation of lies, Qui McKnight finds her life systematically dismantled. When her husband, Ken Blackburn, a high-ranking military operative, goes AWOL, Qui is thrust into a terrifying labyrinth of federal detention, isolation, and legal warfare. Stripped of her wealth and separated from her young son, Jordan, Qui is forced to evolve from a protected socialite into a cold, calculated architect of her own survival.
Her only lifeline is a mysterious, encrypted drive-the insurance policy Ken left behind-containing a damning archive of the infidelity, corruption, and moral decay rotting the core of the nation's military leadership. As Qui realizes that the architects of her misery are the same men terrified of their own skeletons, she stops playing by their rules. She becomes a shadow player, using the truth as a weapon to force the hands of generals and dismantle the bureaucracy that tried to erase her family.
Qui and Ken is a taut, psychological thriller that traces the transformation of a woman who refused to be a victim. From the claustrophobic corridors of federal courthouses to the high-stakes, clandestine exchanges in the desert, this is the story of two people fighting to reclaim their humanity from the wreckage of their past. It is an intense, gritty exploration of motherhood, power, and the ultimate price of freedom-ending not in a final battle, but in the hard-won, quiet peace of a life reclaimed on their own terms.
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