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In a near-future America ruled by faith and fear, Leonore Fuller lives a privileged life as a OnePer and the daughter of the nation's most powerful religious figure, a man known only as Father, architect of the new religion that governs life, death, and everything in between. But Leonore is haunted by recurring dreams of Alma, the woman who raised her until her violent and unexplained death. She’s also trapped in an arranged marriage that prizes obedience over truth.
When a terrorist smoke bomb forces her into one of the city's forbidden districts, Leonore witnesses something unthinkable: a man trying to scale the Freedom Wall—not to break in, but to escape. In a country where everything good and pure is said to exist inside Great America, why would anyone want to leave?
As Leonore digs into Alma’s final days, long-buried questions begin to stir within her, about the virus, her family, and what really lies beyond the Freedom Wall. With rumors of contagion spreading into the privileged class, Leonore must decide whether to keep playing the role she was given… or take a journey powerful enough to unravel Great America from the inside.
The Descent is a chilling dystopian novel that examines the cost of female obedience, the weight of memory, and the unraveling of a world built on sanitized lies and sacred control.
In a near-future America ruled by faith and fear, Leonore Fuller lives a privileged life as a OnePer and the daughter of the nation's most powerful religious figure, a man known only as Father, architect of the new religion that governs life, death, and everything in between. But Leonore is haunted by recurring dreams of Alma, the woman who raised her until her violent and unexplained death. She’s also trapped in an arranged marriage that prizes obedience over truth.
When a terrorist smoke bomb forces her into one of the city's forbidden districts, Leonore witnesses something unthinkable: a man trying to scale the Freedom Wall—not to break in, but to escape. In a country where everything good and pure is said to exist inside Great America, why would anyone want to leave?
As Leonore digs into Alma’s final days, long-buried questions begin to stir within her, about the virus, her family, and what really lies beyond the Freedom Wall. With rumors of contagion spreading into the privileged class, Leonore must decide whether to keep playing the role she was given… or take a journey powerful enough to unravel Great America from the inside.
The Descent is a chilling dystopian novel that examines the cost of female obedience, the weight of memory, and the unraveling of a world built on sanitized lies and sacred control.