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 programme’s corporate owners stack the odds against her – will the price be simply too high?
Criminally entertaining. ― Guardian
Adjei-Brenyah's acerbic vision lands like a lightning bolt of truth. ― Esquire
Grimly funny, epically violent and - at times - surprisingly tender. Quite the ride. ― Marie Claire
Magnificent. A radical interrogation of incarceration, racism, entertainment, the whole fabric of American injustice, as well as a pure fire page turner. -- Max Porter, author of SHY
A sort of The Hunger Games meets Gladiator meets WWE meets the modern private prison system. ― Elle
Like Orwell's 1984 and Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Adjei-Brenyah's book presents a dystopian vision so upsetting and illuminating that it should permanently shift our understanding of who we are and what we're capable of doing... Shockingly intimate and moving. ― Washington Post
Compelling... The range of different narrators provides a smart 360-degree perspective of the too-familiar society that demands murder for entertainment. ― SFX
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