3.5 MILLION PAGES ● EVERY CLAIM FOOTNOTED ● SOURCE: JUSTICE.GOV/EPSTEIN
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▸ 3.5 million pages · Every claim footnoted · Skyhorse Publishing × Children's Health Defense

Cover of Shadow Empire by Sayer Ji. A black-and-white photograph of the U.S. Capitol at the end of the National Mall, with the long shadow of a fedora-wearing figure stretching across the grass toward the building. At the top of the jacket, a pull-quote from Rep. Thomas Massie underlined in red. Title SHADOW in cream above EMPIRE in red, followed by the subtitle THE EPSTEIN FILES, then SAYER JI and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR, with the Children's Health Defense mark at the base.

By Sayer Ji · International Bestselling Author

The Epstein Files

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Hardcover · Winter 2026 / Every claim anchored to a document at justice.gov/epstein

▸ The Book Trailer

Thirty-one seconds. Nearly 3.5 million pages. One book that maps them.

Cinematic short cut of the case. 9:16 vertical, 1080p. Score by Solemn Silence.

▸ The Premise

The archive is public. It is also overwhelming.

Congress almost never agrees on anything. On November 18, 2025, the House voted 427 to 1 to force the release of the Epstein files. The Senate passed it that day, the President the next.

Shadow Empire is the first book-length investigation built on the complete release.

This is not one man's crime spree. The world's most powerful bank and foundation kept asking Epstein how to organize billionaire money. He drew the plans. They kept asking. The files hold a human cloning company's budget, and his answer: “i have no issue with investing.” His jet's Visa Waiver authority, renewed by Customs five months after his pilot told them in writing he was a registered sex offender. A prince asking a convicted sex offender to help draft Buckingham Palace's denial of a survivor's accusation. A former prime minister as his channel to Moscow. A former White House counsel on his Gates project a month out of office. A former White House chief strategist pitching a film against the Pope; Epstein answering with Milton: “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.” All of it after his conviction.

What the files describe is finance, philanthropy, science, and state security operating as one: a shadow empire that kept one of the world's most notorious sexual predators at its switchboard for a decade, and did not mind. A million of his dollars now sits in an emergency-call company inside American 911 centers. Removing him did not remove the shadow empire.

Every claim carries a footnote to a document at justice.gov/epstein. This book does not ask for your trust. It asks to be checked.

Shadow Empire is written for Virginia Giuffre and for the survivors, named and unnamed. The conditions that produced him are still in place. They can still be dismantled.

What the record shows — stated simply:

  1. 01 Epstein set the plans in motion.
  2. 02 A major U.S. bank drafted the structure.
  3. 03 That fund never launched — but a parallel one did, anchored by a global philanthropy.
  4. 04 The U.S. government signed a ten-year agreement with it.
  5. 05 A cabinet secretary issued it operational instructions in 2025.

Every step is documented. The documents are public. The footnotes are in the book.

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▸ Inside the Book

Thirty-four chapters. Six parts. One documented sequence.

Structure Six parts. Thirty-four chapters. One coda.
Method Every claim is anchored to a specific document accessible at justice.gov/epstein.
Format Reads cleanly as narrative. Federal Bates numbers in every footnote for readers who want to check.
Sealed

Part names and chapter titles are sealed until publication.

▸ How to Use This Book

Read the argument. Then read the record.

Each chapter reads cleanly — written for anyone, with no prior knowledge of the case required. Every claim carries a footnote pointing to a specific document in the federal record: the source, the date, the signatory, and the Bates identifier where one exists.

The reader can stay in the narrative, or pull any footnoted document from justice.gov/epstein and read it firsthand. The argument doesn't ask for trust. It asks to be checked.

"Every claim here rests on a document you can read yourself. Check the argument. Don't trust it." — Author's Note
Portrait of Sayer Ji
SAYER JI

▸ The Author

Sayer Ji

Sayer Ji is an investigative researcher, author, and publisher. In 2008 he founded GreenMedInfo.com, one of the world's leading independent health research platforms, indexing tens of thousands of peer-reviewed studies. He is the internationally bestselling author of Regenerate: Unlocking Your Body's Radical Resilience Through the New Biology (Hay House, 2020), published in six languages.

Ji is Chairman and Co-Founder of the Global Wellness Forum, Co-Founder of Stand for Health Freedom, and Senior Advisor to MAHA Action. In 2021 he was named to the “Disinformation Dozen,” a list compiled by a British nonprofit, cited by the White House, and enforced by the platforms that then removed him. He was a plaintiff in Finn v. Global Engagement Center, the federal case built to test that system, dismissed in 2026 on procedural grounds before any evidence was examined. He co-founded Restore the First, a citizens' coalition and public documentary archive demanding a congressional accounting. He has spoken at the European Parliament on health sovereignty and censorship, and has spent two decades studying how institutions defend themselves against evidence. This book is where that study led.

Shadow Empire is what he found in the Epstein files.

▸ Early Praise

Advance praise for Shadow Empire

“A bombshell. A primary-source autopsy of how power, philanthropy, and secrecy intertwined long after the headlines faded. As meticulous as it is unsettling — a handbook for anyone who still believes accountability begins with evidence.”

— Steve Kirsch, Founder, Steve Kirsch Foundation

“We cannot avert our eyes without staining our souls. Sayer Ji did not avert his. He went into the federal record and came back with the architecture of a soul-searing scandal, and every claim carries a reader-accessible document. Reading this book elevates one's consciousness and stirs one's conscience, hopefully to act to save our republic.”

— Dennis J. Kucinich, former Democratic Presidential candidate and former U.S. Congressman

“The Epstein files — we were never supposed to see them — are so voluminous that they need an interpreter. Sayer has mastered the topic and his book is our guide to the fullness of this dark world. … This book documents it in grim but riveting detail.”

— Jeffrey Tucker, Founder, Brownstone Institute

Additional advance praise forthcoming; the back cover of the book will carry five to seven blurbs, with the full “Praise for” page inside the front matter.

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▸ Frequently Asked

Questions readers ask first.

When does the book release?

Shadow Empire is scheduled for Winter 2026 publication by Skyhorse Publishing in partnership with Children's Health Defense. Join the list above to receive the exact on-sale date as soon as it's confirmed.

How is every claim verified?

Every claim is anchored to a document accessible at justice.gov/epstein under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The book uses the federal Bates number system throughout. Any reader can pull a footnote, enter the Bates number, and read the original document.

Will there be a Kindle / audiobook edition?

Yes. Hardcover, ebook, and unabridged audiobook editions are all planned. Retailer links will appear on this page as soon as the book is available for order.

I'm a journalist / congressional staffer / researcher. How do I get an advance copy?

Press and review requests should be directed to press@shadowempirebook.com. Skyhorse Publishing's publicity department will route qualified requests for advance copies.

What is the Epstein Files Transparency Act?

The Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA) is the legislation under which nearly 3.5 million pages of federal records relating to Jeffrey Epstein, along with more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, were made publicly accessible at justice.gov/epstein. Shadow Empire is the first book-length investigation built on the complete release.