Chain-Gang All-Stars
English
By (author): Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FIGHT FOR LOVE. WELCOME TO THE KILLING GROUND.
'America's new Hunger Games' SUNDAY TIMES
'So good. This one is from the heart' STEPHEN KING
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD**
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE TIKTOK BOOK AWARDS**
Enter a world where, livestreamed to millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
Fan-favourite female stars Loretta Thurwar and Hamara Hurricane Staxxx Stacker are teammates and lovers. Thurwar is nearing the end of her time on the circuit, free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. But as protestors clash with the baying crowds and the programmes corporate owners stack the odds against her will the price be simply too high?
Brutal, thrilling, devastating and beautiful THE TIMES
So compelling right up to the final, fatal blow SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Defiant, awe-inspiring JESSAMINE CHAN
Vividly imaginative and startling ELLE
The new maestro of dystopian lit WIRED
A pure fire page turner MAX PORTER
Shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards, International Book of the Year, 2024