Alexis Patton – författare

A thrilling debut from exciting talent Alexis Patton, Us Dark Few heralds the beginning of a gritty survival thriller series that fans of dystopian fiction cannot miss.***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 neighbours 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.Sharp, visceral, emotionally raw and unflinchingly real, Book 1 in the Us Dark Few series is a must-read YA adventure with characters who will stay with you long after the final thrilling chapter.TropesYoung AdultSurvival ThrillerDystopian SettingSlow-Burn RomanceScience FictionEnemies to Lovers

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.TropesYoung AdultSurvival ThrillerDystopian SettingSlow Burn RomanceScience FictionEnemies to Lovers