Bishop Paul Peter Prang
Prang is a powerful radio preacher whose rhetoric helps legitimize Windrip’s campaign.
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Spoiler-freePrang is a powerful radio preacher whose rhetoric helps legitimize Windrip’s campaign. He believes he can influence the new president, but the regime sidelines and confines him once his independent popularity becomes inconvenient. His fate demonstrates that authoritarian allies are useful only while they remain controllable.
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