The Radiant Cycle: Chains

By Joesph A. Clawson

Some chains are built into the blood.

Alistair Blackwell has everything the upper tier can give: a fortune, a name, and a servant who was designed to obey him. But when he sits through one more meeting about "breeding quotas" and "compliance protocols," he finally sees what his family is built on. That night he asks Vera, the Rabbit-Therian protector he legally owns, to run away with him. He asks, not orders.

Together they descend into the lower city, where a hunted rebellion is willing to let them in only if they earn it. What they find in a locked government facility is bigger than slavery: the Therians were created, engineered by a hidden program to want what they were made for. When the truth goes public, the empire strikes back with checkpoints, martial law and a story that turns the oppressed into a "contagion."

Winning the argument will cost more than anyone expected, and a stolen vial from the program's darkest lab is changing Alistair into something the rebellion has never seen.

THE RADIANT CYCLE: CHAINS is a story of moral awakening, hard-won solidarity and the price of refusing to look away. It's for readers of dystopian sci-fi who want resistance that is sustained by factory workers, doctors and parents rather than lone heroes.

Book one of The Radiant Cycle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HN3Y4FD1
• ISBN13: 9798162115229
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"