Machiavelli for People Without a Safety Net: Denry Okpor's No One Is Coming Reworks The Prince for Care Leavers and Anyone Starting Again
A paperback that takes 500-year-old lessons on power and respect and applies them to raising yourself
LONDON — 6 November 2026 — "Machiavelli wrote for princes. This one is for us."
When Denry Okpor was at university, a mentor pointed him towards Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince. For a young man who had come to London as a boy, lost both of his parents and grown up in foster care, it changed how he faced the world. His new book, No One Is Coming: What Machiavelli Taught a Boy Raised in Care About Power, Respect and Rebuilding Your Life, translates those lessons for readers in a similar position.
Okpor describes it as the book he wishes someone had handed him at eighteen. It is organised in seven parts and 33 chapters. The early parts are about deciding what deserves your energy and earning respect by being firm and fair. Later ones cover facing the wounds you didn't choose, rebuilding after a fall, and building the discipline to play the long game. A true story from Okpor's own life opens each part.
The book is designed to be used, not just read. Each chapter ends with Street Rules and Questions to Sit With. Each part closes with a practical challenge. At the back are The Care Leaver's Field Guide, the Rules at a Glance and notes for group study.
The lessons are drawn from life as well as from Machiavelli. Okpor went on to build businesses, including Sips Nail Spa & Bar, whose venues in Stratford, Mayfair and Croydon he designed, built and ran.
No One Is Coming is written for care leavers, young people still in care and anyone rebuilding their life. It is also for the mentors, foster carers, youth workers and social workers who support them.
The independently published paperback (196 pages; ISBN-13 979-8-1402-5446-9) is available on Amazon UK. It follows Okpor's first book, Launch Your Venue (2026).
About Denry Okpor
Denry Okpor is a serial entrepreneur, author, actor and property investor based in the UK. He has founded and run several businesses, most notably Sips Nail Spa & Bar. He is the author of Launch Your Venue and No One Is Coming (both 2026), and played Uncle K in the 2013 short film Squeeze.
No One Is Coming, paperback (Amazon UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HQKS4HG1
Launch Your Venue (Amazon UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HMLZVXL5
Books: https://denryokpor.com/books/
Press kit: https://denryokpor.com/press/
Website: https://denryokpor.com
Media contact: [email protected]
When Denry Okpor was at university, a mentor pointed him towards Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince. For a young man who had come to London as a boy, lost both of his parents and grown up in foster care, it changed how he faced the world. His new book, No One Is Coming: What Machiavelli Taught a Boy Raised in Care About Power, Respect and Rebuilding Your Life, translates those lessons for readers in a similar position.
Okpor describes it as the book he wishes someone had handed him at eighteen. It is organised in seven parts and 33 chapters. The early parts are about deciding what deserves your energy and earning respect by being firm and fair. Later ones cover facing the wounds you didn't choose, rebuilding after a fall, and building the discipline to play the long game. A true story from Okpor's own life opens each part.
The book is designed to be used, not just read. Each chapter ends with Street Rules and Questions to Sit With. Each part closes with a practical challenge. At the back are The Care Leaver's Field Guide, the Rules at a Glance and notes for group study.
The lessons are drawn from life as well as from Machiavelli. Okpor went on to build businesses, including Sips Nail Spa & Bar, whose venues in Stratford, Mayfair and Croydon he designed, built and ran.
No One Is Coming is written for care leavers, young people still in care and anyone rebuilding their life. It is also for the mentors, foster carers, youth workers and social workers who support them.
The independently published paperback (196 pages; ISBN-13 979-8-1402-5446-9) is available on Amazon UK. It follows Okpor's first book, Launch Your Venue (2026).
About Denry Okpor
Denry Okpor is a serial entrepreneur, author, actor and property investor based in the UK. He has founded and run several businesses, most notably Sips Nail Spa & Bar. He is the author of Launch Your Venue and No One Is Coming (both 2026), and played Uncle K in the 2013 short film Squeeze.
No One Is Coming, paperback (Amazon UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HQKS4HG1
Launch Your Venue (Amazon UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HMLZVXL5
Books: https://denryokpor.com/books/
Press kit: https://denryokpor.com/press/
Website: https://denryokpor.com
Media contact: [email protected]
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- November 11, 2026