Heir of the Slums

Rafael, a financial genius from HEC Paris, never thought about inheriting anything from his father—let alone the cruelest gang empire in the favelas of Rio. When news of his father's sudden death reaches him, he is forced to pause his elite life and return to the jungle of corrugated iron shacks filled with gunfire, drugs, and blood. He planned to quickly sell off assets and leave, but at the reading of the will, he is utterly despaired: his father set a death trap with his life—he must take over the gang and complete a full legal transformation; otherwise, all assets will be donated to charity. His uncle Carlos is already sharpening his knives, the elders of the old order watch coldly, and the street rules recognize only bullets. Rafael has no choice but to don his father’s old suit and use business school contracts, capital, and data to challenge the unchanging jungle rules of the slums for decades. With the questioning and support of teacher Sofia, he starts to shut down drug lines, build schools and clinics, and use law and public opinion against violence. However, when the truth layers are peeled back, he discovers his father's “death” was a carefully designed death trial—meant to force him back to hell and forge him into a king capable of saving the entire slum. You cannot choose your roots, but you can choose what kind of king to become.