Before he even makes it out of the African airport, 26-year-old Josh Hagarty begins to suspect he's made a huge mistake. The airport security guard who helped himself to Hagarty's MP3 player, along with $480 of his money, is then nearly killed by the buff Gideon, who turns out to be Hagarty's assistant at NewAfrica, where Hagarty was just hired as a farming project supervisor. Armed with an engineering degree and MBA, but with a checkered past that preempts landing a stateside position, Hagarty thought NewAfrica sounded like a good option. At least it did at the time.

NewAfrica claims to be a charitable organization "creating sustainable agricultural projects in Africa... Helping people who are willing to help themselves." But it’s not too long before Hagarty realizes something sinister and malevolent is going on. Figuring out what it is while staying alive is the challenge.

With the help of the alcoholic, ex-pat reporter JB Flannery, and the savvy, multi-lingual, Norwegian aid worker Annika Gritdal, Hagarty discovers that donations from wealthy benefactors are being diverted, and international aid goods and supplies are being sold in a particular refugee camp. But that’s just the beginning. The investigation uncovers bribery, corruption, extortion, and even genocide. But will the evidence make it out of the country? Not if President Umboto Mtiti and co-conspirators Stephen Trent and Aleksei Fedorov have anything to say about it.

Lords of Corruption is best-selling author Kyle Mills’ tenth novel. The fast-paced, intelligent plot keeps you fully engaged and holding your breath, while his masterly manipulation of all the elements of fiction drive the story to an intensely satisfying culmination. No treacly sentimentalism or unrealistic action scenes here. Lords of Corruption is riveting.