Sun, the city of Genesis, and life under the open sky—Halani Keins is ready to risk everything for a dream like that. But instead of being sent on the way up, she’s thrown into Braderhelm—the darkest underground prison.
Tough guard-captain Takeshi Steel, a conspiracy, secrets that are paid for with life—and the girl who won’t be broken.
A dystopia for those who love “The Hunger Games”
For hundreds of years, humanity has been hiding underground, and Halani Keins has lived since childhood with a single goal: to see the sun and reach Genesis—the last city where people don’t know what it’s like to live beneath a ceiling. But her dream collapses in an instant: she’s accused of a crime she didn’t commit and sent to a place that rarely lets its prisoners go back—Braderhelm.
Among dangerous inmates and ruthless wardens, Halani comes face to face with guard-captain Takeshi Steel—a cold, principled man who doesn’t forgive disobedience. Fighting to survive and trying to prove her innocence, she step by step realizes: her imprisonment isn’t a mistake—it’s part of a much bigger game. Beyond the walls of Braderhelm lie secrets that someone is prepared to protect at any cost—even if it means killing again and again.