Fan Casting

Set in a fictional African-inspired kingdom at a moment of political transformation — the old system of military governance giving way to constitutional reform — Sovereign follows General Amara, 30, who has spent twelve years winning wars for her kingdom and is appointed by the dying king as regent in the transition period. She is the most effective military leader in a generation and has no idea how to govern without fighting. Three seasons track her transformation from general to sovereign, her political education across the specific terrain of democratic reform, and her relationship with Emeka — the constitutional scholar whose vision of what the kingdom could be is the destination Amara is being asked to lead everyone toward.