Chain Gang All Stars
Chain Gang All Stars
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She felt their eyes, all those executioners…
Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiators, and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death matches before packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, Thurwar considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games. But CAPE’s corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastating consequences.
Reader Fit: Recommended for readers who appreciate thought-provoking speculative fiction that examines justice, power, and the value of human life.
Why We Carry It: We carry Chain-Gang All-Stars because it challenges readers to examine incarceration, entertainment, and systemic inequality through an imaginative but deeply relevant lens. It encourages reflection on dignity, justice, and the ways institutions shape public empathy.
