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The Expiry Date of Power- How Abu Superior Learned Too Late

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Category Brains & Noble > Fiction

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SKU BN-125917

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The final chapters explore the solitude that precedes political extinction, showing that abandonment by allies often precedes formal sanction by the state. Conceptually, the work advances an implicit theory of political temporality, arguing that the decisive factor in political life is not merely power itself but the timing of its exercise and withdrawal. Abu-Superior’s tragedy lies in his inability to recognize that yesterday’s authority cannot govern today’s reality. His fall, therefore, represents not only a personal miscalculation but a universal pattern in political history: the persistence of ambition beyond the lifespan of influence.

Written with intellectual restraint and philosophical clarity, The Expiry Date of Power transcends the boundaries of conventional political fiction. It stands simultaneously as a work of narrative art, a study of elite circulation, and a reflection on the nature of authority in modern states. By demonstrating how institutions convert personalities into procedures and reputations into records, the book offers a powerful reminder that political power is governed less by individuals than by the slow and inexorable movement of time. Ultimately, the book affirms a timeless political lesson expressed throughout the narrative: power is borrowed and time always collects.