Steel and Shadows: The Genexis Deception

By J I Gordon

Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner, this high-stakes adventure blends fast-paced action with emotional depth in a world where power is absolute and rebellion is survival.

Steel and Shadows: The Genexis Deception is a dystopian sci-fi thriller set in a fractured future where truth is treason-and rebellion begins with a single hidden message.

Eighteen-year-old Lena Steele was raised to inherit Genexis Technologies, the powerful corporation that rebuilt society after the Resource Wars. In the gleaming metropolis of Genexis City-fueled by surveillance and genetic control-Lena believed in the system. Until a hidden message from her long-lost parents shatters everything she thought she knew: the Quarantine Zones weren't built to contain genetic mutations-they were built to silence dissent.

Hunted by her ruthless uncle Derek Steele, CEO of Genexis, and his army of lethal MX-400 sentinels, Lena escapes into the Forbidden Zones-a deadly wasteland where the Forsaken, a group of survivors, fight to endure. With her loyal friend Ari, the AI guardian Aegis, an unlikely guide named Kael, and the outcasts of the city of Virelia, Lena must uncover her parents' lost laboratory and expose the truth that could free humanity.

But Derek will stop at nothing to protect his empire of lies-and the truth Lena seeks could either liberate the world... or destroy it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FMCKFSCC
• ISBN13: 9798218758127
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Gordon House Publishing
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary