Mandate of Shadows
Book One of Mandate of Shadows Series
In Johannesburg, investigate journalist Daniela Vos witnesses an assassination that uncovers the Mandatum Umbrae—a secret shadow government established under the 1885 Partition Protocol that never dissolved.
They control the continent’s future through ideological infiltration. To expose the truth, Daniela must now outrun the oldest, deadliest conspiracy on Earth.
About C.J. VOSS
C.J. Voss writes stories where history, power and human ambition collide. Blending research with razor-edged suspense, Voss explores the hidden architecture of empire — and the shadows it leaves behind.
Mandate of Shadows is the first in a planned series tracing a journalist’s descent into a conspiracy buried beneath Africa’s aid networks — where truth is weaponized and survival has no guarantees.
MANDATE DOSSIER
Access Level: Restricted
Reference: Operation Umbrae
“Truth isn’t lost—it’s buried.”
In the field, journalist Daniela Vos follows a trail of encrypted files, vanished donors, and silenced witnesses across a continent where aid hides empire.
This file is the first trace.