Bonds of Slavery

By Charley Mayne

Ryan's Story Begins

OBEDIENCE IS SURVIVAL

RESISTANCE IS PAIN

In a future where freedom has a price, how far would you go to survive?

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.

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.

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.

He wants to live.

And he wants to be free.

A brutal, unflinching coming-of-age story for fans of dark fiction, dystopian drama, and psychological survival.

Book One in the Chainmark Series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1067609806
• ISBN13: 9781067609801
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Mayne Publishing
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"