The Kill Zone: A Dystopian Young-Adult Novel
35 parts Complete MatureSixteen-year-old farmgirl Carlyn Arsinoe faces execution next month if she fails to boost her score in the boys' ranking system. She used to be Number One. But ever since the prince dumped her, her rank's been slipping. Now marked for elimination, she must find a way to please the boys and improve her score.
Or does she? Discovering the Kill Zone Girls' resistance movement, she glimpses another way to escape - one that promises to destroy the whole perverted system.
Trigger Warning: This book contains descriptions of gender discrimination, sexual harassment, cyberbullying, and attempted rape.
Cover image and Chapter One banner used under terms of Creative Commons 2.0 License: Profound thanks to Studio Roosegaarde for use of their beautiful photo "Intimacy White 2.0- side," available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/studioroosegaarde/6174918570/in/photolist-apE5ah-apE5bS-apE5dG-9toCj2-aJFVEV. Link to license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/. Please be advised that changes were made to the original photo. Thanks to graphic designer Melanie Maclin for designing the cover. She cropped the image, tweaked the color scheme, and added 10 layers to bring out the Science Fiction feel. I myself cropped the original photo for the banners at the start of each chapter.