The Mechanical Sisters of Misery: The Outlaw Axis

By sage foxley

They were built to be perfect. They were broken to be controlled.

In the frozen cathedrals of elite figure skating, Lauren and Marissa are rivals bound by a singular, horrifying thread. Under the cold, clinical eye of their coach, Dominic, they are not athletes-they are machines. Their bodies are measured by stopwatches, their failures corrected with the crack of a leather strap, and their minds wired to the rhythm of his commands.

But when a structural malfunction forces them into a double-harness-binding their ankles and their axes-the rivalry implodes. Forced into relentless proximity, the desperate friction between them ignites into a volatile, forbidden intimacy. They are no longer competitors; they are co-conspirators in a system designed to erase them.

As they unravel the code Dominic has written into their muscles, Lauren and Marissa must decide: do they fight to reclaim their place on the podium, or do they dismantle the ice entirely? Joined by the ghost of Dominic's past, they embark on a rebellion that will leave the Federation in ruins and their bodies forever scarred.

The Mechanical Sisters of Misery is a dark, visceral trilogy about trauma, survival, and the terrifying act of reclaiming your own axis. It is a story of what happens when you stop performing for the audience and start existing for yourself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7B4KJ4G
• ISBN13: 9798185247976
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"