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Us Dark Few

by Alexis Patton

A life below the surface

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    Instant USA Today bestseller

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A life below the surface

Khalani Kanes has never seen the sun: humanity now lives underground, and her world has been the city of Apollo. Imprisoned for a crime she says she did not commit, she faces danger inside Braderhelm while trying to discover why she was locked away. The prison setting brings together a stark divide between prisoner and guard, with Captain Takeshi Steele positioned as a formidable obstacle to escape. The description connects Khalani’s personal struggle with broader questions of confinement, survival, and access to the surface world, including the distant possibility of reaching Genesis.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in dystopian fiction.
  • Readers drawn to underground settings and societies shaped by confinement.
  • Readers who enjoy prison-centered stories involving survival and uncovering secrets.

Themes

Confinement and freedomSurvivalPower and punishmentTruth and injusticeLife underground

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Book overview

An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!

**This limited Deluxe Edition will include printed edges and a unique case design**

Khalani is a Prisoner

Takeshi is a Guard

Both are bound to the Underground

Khalani Kanes has never stood on the surface of the Earth. Humans have lived underground for hundreds of years, and she's never left the dark city of Apollo. She longed to visit Genesis, the final place where humanity lives beneath the sun. But when Khalani is thrown into prison for a crime she didn't commit, all the fragile hopes she once had are destroyed.

In Braderhelm Prison, every second is a battle to survive. Her neighbors are murderers, and the cold-blooded guards punish without mercy. She thought violent inmates posed the greatest threat, but then she meets Takeshi Steele, the infamous Captain who runs her cell block. As cold as he is ruthless, he'll break Khalani before letting her escape to the surface--a feat no prisoner has ever achieved.

But darker traps and secrets await within the prison's shadows, and more than one person wants her dead. In order to survive, she must fight criminals and uncover the truth of why she was locked away. If not, the prison will become her grave.

 

Enter Braderhelm, where only the Wicked remain.

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