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Vicious Depths (Vicious Depths, Book One)
Winner of the 2014 Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize

Sixteen-year-old Alex Muir is dead. Dead, and furious.

The afterlife she’s been taught about just doesn’t exist. There are only the brutal caverns of the Depths, deep underground – and the tightly controlled gates that protect the paradise of the Azure.

In return for a life of safety, Alex is forced into the Depths as a spy for the tyrannical Azure leader.

But Alex soon discovers that the Depths isn’t quite the nightmare she anticipated. Among the memory-leeching monsters and decadent all-night parties, she manages to find friends in the chaos. Friends that introduce her to the mysterious Flynn Cooper – right-hand man to the ruler of the Depths.

As her spy mission derails and devastating secrets are revealed, Alex realizes that she needs to pick a side. But she’s no longer sure which one is right – or if a right side exists at all.

Rising Depths (Vicious Depths, Book Two)

Alex Muir has been to hell and back – literally.

The brutal Depths and the paradisiacal Azure are in utter chaos. Everyone is in danger now that Samuel, overlord of the Depths, has taken the Azure leader prisoner. His revenge plan is simple – to break down the gates of the Azure, and slaughter the residents inside.

Alex is desperate to stop the bloodbath, but that means returning to the Depths to free her trapped friends. Even with a group of Azure rebels willing to fight alongside her, there’s no guarantee she’ll survive Samuel’s wrath.

A massacre is looming, and Samuel is ready to reveal a shocking secret. As Alex struggles to fight back, she realizes that it’s all taking its toll on her fragile new relationship with Flynn, Samuel’s former right-hand man.

Terror and betrayal are around every corner. Even in the Azure, Alex can’t trust anyone. How will she learn who her real friends are – and who’s keeping secrets that could destroy them all?

Burning Depths (Vicious Depths, Book 3)

The overlord of the Depths has finally fallen. But even with Samuel captured, Alex Muir knows that the Azure Loyalists are still hell-bent on destroying both her and the remaining Azure rebels.

Alex must find a way for the Azure and the Depths to co-exist before the bloodbath begins again. But that means reaching out to Samuel for help – and trusting him is the last thing she wants to do.

As the death toll rises, the cracks start to show. With traitors in their midst, relationships crumbling, and many of Alex’s friends struggling to resist the pull of the Depths, life becomes more brutal than ever.

A vicious, three-sided battle is looming. Alex must decide what – and who – she can risk losing for the good of the Azure.