Some stories don't stay buried. They demand to be heard.
A violent rehabilitation program.
A prison that counts the dead instead of protecting the living. And one man who refuses to look away.
Troublemaker is a tense, emotionally charged novel about a group of incarcerated witnesses forced into a “faith-based” experiment designed to break them. Instead, they form the one thing the system never intended:
A family.
Inside Black Hollow:
- A medic keeps a secret ledger of the dead.
- A researcher is ordered to observe, not intervene.
- A young man chooses to save a stranger instead of surviving alone.
The guards call it rehabilitation. The state calls it research.
The survivors call it what it is: A fight to be counted.
What Readers Are Saying
"I didn't expect to cry — or to feel this much hope in a story about harm. These characters stay with you."
"Brutal, honest, and human. Not sensationalized. Just truth done right."
"The kind of novel you finish and immediately need someone else to read so you can talk about it."
I kept whispering the names out loud. That's how real they felt."
Why Readers Can't Put It Down
- A countdown structure where every hour matters
- Characters who choose protection when the system demands silence
- A story about quiet courage, written with literary heart and cinematic urgency
- A message that stays with you: Some people survive because someone remembers their name
What You'll Feel
This isn’t dystopian fiction. It isn’t speculative. It’s now. It’s real.
This is a novel about what happens when people refuse to disappear. It’s about choosing each other when violence would be easier. It’s about holding the line.
If you love Just Mercy, The Nickel Boys, or Between the World and Me, you’ll feel at home here.
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