On The Table Read Magazine, “the best arts and entertainment magazine UK“, in Bernette Forde’s chilling new novel Yes Sir Mr President, a charismatic leader’s promise of salvation slowly unveils a devil in disguise, forcing a terrified nation to decide whether blind loyalty is worth the soul it costs.
Yes Sir Mr President
Bernette Forde’s gripping new novel explores the terrifying ease with which a nation can trade freedom for the illusion of safety.

In a country battered by political turmoil and economic despair, President Derick Tucker emerges as the answer to a collective prayer. Warm, steady, and reassuring, he promises protection and renewal. Citizens, exhausted by chaos, greet him with relief and admiration. For a moment, hope feels tangible.

Admiration, however, proves fragile. Behind closed doors, the policies introduced to safeguard the nation begin to serve a darker purpose. What was sold as reform quietly erodes civil liberties. Democratic institutions weaken. Dissent is first discouraged, then silenced. Those who dare question the president discover that loyalty is no longer voluntary—it is enforced.
Communities that once debated now cower. Autonomy surrenders to acquiescence. Fear becomes the true currency of survival, and the country awakens beneath a rule far more oppressive than anyone imagined possible. President Tucker is no longer merely a leader; he is a malevolent force cloaked in familiarity, a devil who arrived smiling.
Yes Sir Mr President stands as an unflinching cautionary tale. It reveals how easily people can be swayed when desperation overrides the search for truth. Evil, Forde shows, rarely announces itself with dramatic flourish. It walks in steadily, offering rescue in exchange for surrender—and asks only that no one look too closely.
Yet the novel refuses to end in despair. When citizens finally find the will to stand together, truth and courage remain potent enough to shatter even the strongest empire built on fear.
Bernette Forde


Bernette Forde is a Bermudian author now based in Coventry, England. The youngest of eleven children and a three-time cancer survivor, she brings hard-won resilience to her writing. Her diverse body of work spans mystery, historical fiction, true crime, and memoir, with titles including Moon Mad Murders, Black Watch Pass, and Josh Turner and the Sundown Town.
With Yes Sir Mr President, Forde delivers one of her most urgent and timely warnings: leadership that demands unquestioning allegiance is the leadership that most desperately needs to be questioned—before the mask slips and the soul of a nation has already been traded away.
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