Verbal Hex: My Words Curse My Rivals in the Bureaucracy

Twenty-five-year-old Su Chen lands his first government job, only to discover that idealism has no place in a system built on backdoor deals and office politics. Shunned by cynical coworkers and thrown under the bus by his scheming boss, he seems destined to remain a nameless clerk forever—until he awakens a mysterious power. Every word he speaks can become a curse that strikes down his enemies. In a world where connections trump competence, Su Chen will climb from the bottom rung to the top of the bureaucratic ladder, one carefully chosen sentence at a time.