| Management number | 238735754 | Release Date | 2026/07/11 | List Price | US$8.40 | Model Number | 238735754 | ||
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<p><strong>Ryan's Story Begins</strong></p><p><strong>OBEDIENCE IS SURVIVAL</strong></p><p><strong>RESISTANCE IS PAIN</strong></p><p></p><p>In a future where freedom has a price, how far would you go to survive?</p><p></p><p>The year is 2045. America's war on drugs has become a war on its own people. Overcrowded prisons and a ruthless administration give rise to the Chainmark Act: a dystopian solution to mass incarceration, cloaked as justice.</p><p></p><p>Ryan Murphy, sixteen and already hardened by life on the streets of New York, becomes one of the first minors "offered" into the system. Sentenced for a crime he didn't fully understand, he's sold to Brad Wilkins-a sadistic Texas rancher who sees obedience as the only law.</p><p></p><p>As Ryan grapples with trauma, isolation, and control, he must learn the rules of survival inside a world designed to erase him. But even in the darkest corners of captivity, hope flickers-because Ryan knows that surviving isn't enough.</p><p></p><p><strong>He wants to live.</strong></p><p><strong>And he wants to be free.</strong></p><p></p><p>A brutal, unflinching coming-of-age story for fans of dark fiction, dystopian drama, and psychological survival.</p><p>Book One in the Chainmark Series.</p>
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | April, 2025 |
| Pages | 654 |
| Subgenre | Dystopian |
| Series title | Chainmark |
| Number in series | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Mayne Publishing |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Character | Ryan Murphy |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.00 x 1.44 x 9.00 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.9 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Fiction |
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