Project
The Last President
Trilogy LiveBaren Sump Trilogy — Literary Speculative Fiction
Prophecy isn't magic — it's logistics. A scorched card, a twelve-year-old who didn't ask, and the people who'd rather own the future than understand it.
Book One
The Last President — ~83k words. A prediction card names Baren Sump. Institutions respond the only way they know how.
Book Two
Children of Tomorrow — ~89k words. Prophecy becomes policy. The machine starts raising the children it feared.
Book Three
The Black Path — ~62k words. Paperwork, testimony, and a boy who refused to become a symbol.
THE LAST PRESIDENT is a literary satirical conspiracy thriller by William Sailsbury. The Baren Sump trilogy treats conspiracy as systems — spreadsheets, hearings, grounded planes, evidence tags on empty chairs — not chosen-one spectacle.
All three volumes are live on Gumroad with instant EPUB, PDF, and DOCX delivery. Series hub, samples, and author updates at www.thesumpledger.com.
Capabilities
What It Does
- →Book One — ~83,000 words + illustrated EPUB with 8 exhibits
- →Book Two — ~89,000 words
- →Book Three — ~62,000 words
- →EPUB, PDF, and DOCX editions per book
- →Free sample — Prologue + Chapter One
- →Completed trilogy manuscript
Volumes
Buy the Books
Baren Sump and the Last President — Book One
$12.99Literary satirical conspiracy thriller — Book 1 of 3
A scorched prediction card names a boy, a president, and events still on the calendar. Prophecy isn't magic — it's logistics.
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Baren Sump and the Children of Tomorrow — Book Two
$14.99Prophecy becomes policy — Book 2 of 3
Book One named the boy on the card. Book Two asks what happens when the institution starts raising the children it feared.
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Baren Sump and the Black Path — Book Three
$12.99The black path is the route institutions take when evidence speaks — Book 3 of 3
The trilogy ends where institutions always end: with paperwork, testimony, and one boy who refused to become a symbol.
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