Marina Yu

To Fly From Chains(2026)

A YA Dystopian Novel

"We were supposed to save these people. That was the point. The only point."

Known only by her number, 34223 grew up behind the iron gates of the Snares.

For fifteen years, she's labored sunup till sundown. The work's merciless, grueling, and endless.

The only thing keeping her going is seeing her little brother, if only for a few minutes a day.

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But when an escape opportunity opens, she's forced to choose:

Run, and leave him behind.

Or stay and lose her chance forever.

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She runs.

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But life beyond the Snares is not the safe haven she imagined.

The first place she tries to settle—led by a man named Cracours—refuses to trust her.

The second is a rebel camp that claims they can help her reunite with her brother.

Instead, she watches as they explode a transport—and all the people within it—in the name of victory.

She goes back on the run. This time with a rebel girl and eleven-year-old twins she can hardly stand.

But she can't escape the Rift.

As she flees, treaties are made. Former Rift supporters claim to have changed sides. She's forced to protect the very eleven-year-olds she despises.

And when she's captured and taken to the heart of the Rift's operations, she receives a troubling update about her brother. An interview in which he's asked the question:

Would you kill?

Soon, she'll be asking herself the same.

A gripping dystopian novel, To Fly From Chains follows a fifteen-year-old girl through survival, loss, and her search for a place in a world where she's nothing more than a number.

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Perfect for fans of The Grace Year and Gone.

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