Alexis Patton

My pen won’t remember you. But my blade certainly will. All Khalani Kanes has ever known is survival. She escaped the world’s deadliest prison and is one of the few people alive to have ever walked beneath the sun. But now, death has her in his grasp, and her luck has finally run out. The man she loves no longer remembers her, and he’s intent on one thing. Killing her. To live another day, Khalani will need more than sharpened knives and sheer willpower. She must get close to her brutal enemy and find a way to save him before he destroys them both. But as dark forces close in and impossible truths come to light, Khalani begins to question whether she can even trust her own mind. Their path will lead them back to where everything began. Apollo. To face what’s coming, she must create brutal alliances, undergo ruthless training, and hold onto a love forged through both blood and pain. But even if she reaches the underground city with her throat unscathed, Khalani will be left with one agonizing question. After learning the truth... will she still want to survive?Beneath the sun, only those who burn will remain.

Us Deadly Few continues Alexis Patton's debut survival thriller series that fans of dystopian fiction cannot miss. Khalani survived the prison. Now she faces the lie. *** You are the poem I dare not write. It's safer to keep the perilous passages within me than to unleash them upon this stricken Earth. Haunted by the Governor of Apollo's dark secrets, Khalani and her crew of criminals embark on a new perilous journey. The truest test begins as Khalani ventures through the treacherous "Death-Zone" toward the nearest underground city, Hermes. But abandoned relics and violent storms aren't the only threats on the barren road. Takeshi Steele has resumed his cold detachment, and unsettling signs suggest they aren't alone. To survive in this unforgiving world, Khalani must draw on her strength and harrowing experiences from Apollo. For a new kind of prison awaits in the corrupt city of Hermes-one where she finds herself trapped with the man who aggravates her the most. But this time, they may not escape alive. On the surface of the Earth, only the ruined remain. Sharp, visceral, emotionally raw and unflinchingly real, Book 2 in the Us Dark Few series is a must-read YA adventure that continues a thrilling series from an exciting new voice. Tropes Young Adult Survival Thriller Dystopian Setting Slow Burn Romance Science Fiction Enemies to Lovers

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.