SOVEREIGNTY IN ESCROW

About the Book

When a nation’s wealth is frozen, the law becomes the battlefield.

When a sovereign state collapses under sanctions and silence, its oil – its lifeblood – does not disappear.
Inside the halls of the International Court of Justin in the Hague, a quiet legal war ignites over who truly controls a nation’s resources when its government is declared illegitimate by global powers.
At the center stands Arjun Malhotra, a disciplined international lawyer drawn into a case no court wants to decide. At his side is Leila Navarro. A formattable young associate whose command of treaty law and forensic research exposes the fractures buried inside so-called “good-faith” arguments.
Together, they face a coalition of superstates, financial institutions, and diplomats weaponizing international law to seize what force cannot.
As secret doctrines surface, precedents are twisted, and credibility itself lies on trial, the case becomes a judgement on whether sovereignty can be suspended – or whether the law still has limits.
In a courtroom where treaties carry the weight of armies, one ruling will determine whether international law protects the weak…

About the Author

Ronald Singh taught law for over a decade and brings a deep understanding of international legal doctrine, sovereignty, and institutional power to his fiction.