Anarchious
In a city built downward into the abyss, oxygen isn't a human right—it's a subscription. And Jax’s account is about to hit zero.
Welcome to Anarchious. Hidden from the rest of the world within a colossal crater, it is a hyper-advanced, inverted city where the elite bask in sunlight at the top, and the poor choke on toxic smog at the bottom. The Hood Overseer maintains absolute order through a simple, brutal law: he controls the air, and he controls the light.
Jax is a "Null"—a bottom-dwelling scavenger surviving on scrapped tech and a desperate set of rules he calls Rat-Tactics. He isn't a hero. He just wants to keep his rebreather ticking. But when a scavenging run with his reckless partner Ryla goes terribly wrong, they stumble into the slaughterhouses of the Sprawl and uncover the city's darkest secret. The elite aren't just oppressing the poor; they are harvesting their mutated DNA to achieve immortality.
Now, holding a stolen "Gene-Core" that proves the Warlords are grinding citizens into genetic paste, Jax is the most hunted boy in the abyss. Pursued by cyborg enforcers, silent assassins, and a tyrannical Overseer, Jax's days of running are over.
To survive the dark, he has to become the spark that burns the city down.