The Queen Times: Secrets in the Ink of a Nation
What if the front page was the crime scene?
THE QUEEN TIMES
Secrets in the Ink of a Nation
By Geoffrey Zachary
Beneath the sunny fa ade of modern Australia, an ink-stained empire hides in plain sight-its truth redacted, its power absolute, and its secrets bleeding through the very paper that's meant to reveal them.
When junior reporter Harper Cole lands a job at The Queen Times-the nation's most prestigious and oldest newspaper-she thinks she's made it. But the ink isn't dry before she stumbles upon something terrifying: stories that vanish, editors who lie without blinking, and a shadow network of royal influence buried deep within the newsroom's legacy.
What starts as a routine assignment quickly spirals into a decades-old conspiracy involving forged monarchic documents, offshore secrets, whistleblowers who vanish, and a propaganda pipeline that runs straight from Buckingham to Canberra. As Harper digs deeper, she uncovers a forbidden archive of royal letters, redacted history books, and a blacklisted list of journalists who got too close to the truth-some of whom died for it.
Then she finds something worse.
A covert operation called Codeword: Coronet.
A direct hotline to the Royal Guard.
And a child's edition of the paper... that isn't meant for children at all.
As Harper becomes the hunted, pursued by both government operatives and a rogue faction within the monarchy, she must navigate a collapsing Australia where free press is treason, loyalty is bought with silence, and truth itself is a revolutionary act.
In a nation divided between royalists and republicans, rebels and revisionists, one journalist's words could topple a crown. Or cost her everything.
From ink-stained basements to encrypted broadcasts that spark global uprisings, this explosive political thriller unfolds across 100 gripping chapters, each with a story that was almost erased-and a nation that dares to rewrite itself.
Inside you'll uncover:
Secret rooms beneath ParliamentA forged royal death certificateCensorship disguised as cultureA viral speech that shatters generations of silenceThe child hacker who cracked the archiveA press strike that paralyses the nationThe final front page that changed everythingThe Queen Times isn't just a newspaper-it's the story of Australia's manipulation, rebellion, and rebirth.
Perfect for fans of:
The Night AgentHouse of CardsThe Crown (with claws)Investigative dramas with bite, betrayal, and backboneWith echoes of All the President's Men and V for Vendetta, Geoffrey Zachary's masterpiece is not just a novel-it's a reckoning.
Will you believe what you read-
or read what they let you believe?
The Queen Times: Secrets in the Ink of a Nation is a searing bestseller-in-the-making. Cinematic, urgent, and unflinching, this is the story that was never supposed to be printed.
Until now.
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