ASCEND OR BLEED
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Ana's family was erased in the Last Purge. Now, she lives with her current boyfriend, Rolo, her partner in stolen rations and scarred loyalty. Theirs is a love built on survival, not passion.
In fractured Utopia, society is greatly divided-where the poor fight for crumbs of bread and use fire to heat water, while the rich enjoy the newest technologies. The only way to escape the hell of poverty and oppression seems to be through joining the Game hosted by the Bet company Ascension, where she must pass seven levels. No rules. No warning. Just gamble with your own life.
The Bet company has introduced a new option where you can join as a pair. In a city where you're living in hell and the sky is taunting you with paradise, why would they say no?
Will she survive? Will Rolo be the one, or is there another man who will finally touch her soul?
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