"He sold his kidney for love, buried the truth for survival, and now, Zane Pruno must escape a prison more brutal than the one built of concrete and steel: his own mind."
Zane once had a future. A promising career in tech. A woman he loved. A one-way ticket to a new life in America. But betrayal, illness, and a system rigged against him leave him stranded in Razor Ridge, a maximum-security prison where survival is measured not only in fists and fear, but in the memories that refuse to die.
Haunted by the love of Rexa, the woman who was both his refuge and his ruin, Zane struggles to keep hold of his humanity while navigating the brutal hierarchies of prison life. His only escape comes through fragile bonds with fellow inmates, whispered dreams of freedom, and the ghostly voice of Lade, his tormentor, his confessor, his imaginary companion in the dark.
But Razor Ridge is more than concrete and steel; it is a mirror of the world outside, corruption, violence, and power games woven into every crack of its walls. As gangs clash, guards look away, and escape plots brew, Zane is forced to confront the truth about his past, his love, and the cost of survival.
Lost Beyond Love is a haunting psychological novel that blends raw realism with lyrical prose. It is a story of betrayal and longing, of the prisons built around us and the prisons we carry within. For readers of Half of a Yellow Sun and American Prison, this novel is both tender and brutal, asking the hardest question of all:
When your mind becomes your prison, where do you run?
