America has always loved its myths. The land of opportunity, the shining city on a hill, the belief that hard work alone can lift anyone into greatness. But behind every shining facade, there are cracks. In the Colt family saga, those cracks become canyons, exposing how corruption, loyalty, and ambition intertwine to shape not just families—but the nation itself.
On the surface, the Colts are a family like many others: trying to carve out a place in a city that often swallows people whole. But just beneath that surface lies a world of whispered bargains, shadow alliances, and choices that carry heavy costs. In How to Kill a President: Colt the Smoking Gun by Colt Donaldson, readers are drawn into a narrative where the “American dream” is filtered through smoky back rooms and blood-stained alleys.
What makes this story hit hard is its honesty about corruption—not as an anomaly, but as part of the system. Politicians shaking hands with mobsters, business tycoons cozying up to criminals, and families like the Colts learning to navigate both worlds. Corruption here isn’t a distant headline; it’s woven into the daily survival of a family that understands how power really works. The price? Trust is scarce, danger is constant, and innocence rarely lasts past childhood.
Yet, corruption alone doesn’t explain survival. Loyalty, in many ways, is the glue that holds the family together. In the battlefield, loyalty means watching your brother’s back. On the streets, it means knowing your cousin will keep a secret—even if that secret could topple powerful men. For the Colts, loyalty is both salvation and trap. It demands sacrifices that leave scars, but it also gives them the strength to stand against forces larger than themselves.
The cost of power becomes the third—and perhaps most painful—theme. Power promises safety, influence, and respect, but it comes with a bill that no one escapes paying. A grandfather’s reputation opens doors, but it also drags a grandson into a world he never fully chose. A secret kept may protect a family in the moment, but years later it poisons relationships and destroys peace. Power is seductive, but it is never free.
This isn’t just a story about one family. It’s a mirror held up to America itself. How often do we see the polished speeches, the glittering towers, the glamorous hotels—without looking at what’s hidden beneath? The Colts’ world forces us to ask a harder question: Is the American dream built on ideals, or on the quiet compromises people make to survive?
The truth is likely somewhere in between. Corruption, loyalty, and power are not abstract concepts—they are lived experiences, felt in every deal struck, every secret kept, every family divided. And while the Colts’ story is unique in its scale and drama, its heartbeat is familiar: the struggle to balance survival with morality, ambition with conscience, and family with the cost of truth.
Behind every facade, there’s a story. The Colts just remind us that sometimes, the story is more real—and more revealing—than the dream itself.
Volume 1: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX3Y1QCQ
Volume 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX3NHG2P