Book Two of the Scions of Legacy trilogy blends political intrigue, family legacy and multimedia storytelling as Bolton sets the stage for Pedigree in December.
United States, 17th Sep 2026 – Author Victoria Bolton releases Scions of Legacy: The Public Trust, the second book in her Scions of Legacy trilogy and the political centerpiece of a series that carries the world of Rude Boy USA into a new generation. The spin-off follows the adult children of the protagonists from the original Rude Boy USA trilogy as they succeed to complicated histories while building ambitions, relationships and identities of their own.
The Public Trust follows The Powers That Be, the first Scions of Legacy novel, which has already earned awards. Bolton hopes the second installment receives a similarly positive response, she wants readers to enjoy the story and to recognize that it is laying important groundwork for Pedigree, the trilogy’s concluding novel, expected in mid-December 2026.
Bolton has described The Public Trust as her “House of Cards moment.” A longtime follower of politics, she previously explored local political power in The Tide Is High, Book Three of the Rude Boy USA trilogy. With The Public Trust, she turns toward Washington and the people operating inside its institutions. Rather than framing the story as one political party against another, Bolton focuses on ambition, influence, private alliances and the distance that can exist between public appearances and what happens behind closed doors.
The novel is also part of Bolton’s increasingly multimedia approach to storytelling. She has released companion albums for both Rude Boy USA and Scions of Legacy, with “Will You Still,” “Government Is a Circus” and “Marble Floors and Broken Promises” serving as marquee songs connected to The Public Trust. Bolton says she writes the songs, creates the samples that establish the direction she wants, and then uses online tools to help complete the music.
She is also exploring book trailers and other visual storytelling, much of which she creates herself. Bolton estimates that she handles the majority of the creative material surrounding her book universe. She is comfortable experimenting with new platforms and figuring out how to translate ideas from the page into music and visuals.
For Bolton, the ability to build those extensions herself is also about authorship. She says she can defend what she puts into the world because the creative direction comes from her rather than relying entirely on someone else’s interpretation of her characters.
With The Public Trust, Bolton brings that philosophy to the middle chapter of Scions of Legacy – expanding a fictional world that began more than a decade ago while moving its next generation closer to the center of American political power. The story also points forward to Pedigree, where the threads of the trilogy are expected to come together.
Scions of Legacy: The Public Trust is available beginning September 17, 2026. Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDLK282F
ABOUT VICTORIA BOLTON
Victoria Bolton is the author of the Rude Boy USA trilogy and its next-generation spin-off, Scions of Legacy. Her work blends crime, family legacy, power, relationships and political intrigue. In addition to writing her novels, Bolton develops companion music, visual material and book trailers that expand the worlds of her stories. Learn more at www.authorvictoriabolton.com and listen to her companion soundtracks on Spotify.
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