Caged

Science Fiction & Fantasy

synopsis

Synopsis

A dystopian regime built on scientific deception. One student who uncovered the truth. And four protagonists from four different worlds fighting to bring her home.
YA dystopian thriller for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, Legend, and Scythe.
Selected for the FRA's elite physics training program, Rose was supposed to be one of the lucky ones. But the deeper she studies, the more the program's polished surface begins to crack. The science doesn't add up. The rules don't make sense. When she digs too deep, she finds a truth so explosive it could bring the entire regime to its knees — and makes herself a target that Dr. Weber, Queenstown's dean of college, cannot afford to ignore.
Dr. Weber's orders are swift and brutal — silence Rose before she reaches anyone who will listen. Taken and caged, she discovers that the regime's cruelty has no floor, but neither does her courage. When Rose escapes and brings her secret to the Underground, she triggers something worse: her captors escalate, seize Queenstown's city council, and the fight becomes bigger than one girl's survival. Now Rose and her friends must rescue their city's leaders before the weapon she uncovered changes everything.
A gripping, fast-paced YA dystopian thriller with a fierce protagonist, a four-hero ensemble, real stakes, and a mid-series victory that leaves the larger fight very much alive.
If you love YA dystopian series with high-stakes action, found family, and a future that feels all too possible, continue the Divided Series with Caged today.
Caged features:
Four POV dystopian series
Fierce female protagonist
Government conspiracy and scientific deception
Capture and escape survival sequences
Survival trek through an abandoned city
Found family resistance movement
Corrupt regime and political takeover
Clean YA no spice
Hunger Games-level action and stakes
Heat: Clean — no explicit content
Series: Divided Series, Book 2 of 4 (Books 1 and 2 available now; Books 3 and 4 coming 2026)
POV: Four POVs — Rose, Marcos, Harriet, Jason
Length: 280 pages
Age range: 12 and up
Themes: Resistance, scientific deception, courage, found family, hope in dark times
Comps: The Hunger Games · Divergent · Legend · Scythe
Content notes: Minimal profanity · No graphic sexual content · Hunger Games-level violence

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Author Biography

CC Robinson is the award-winning and Amazon bestselling author of the Divided series, a young adult dystopian series set in a racially-divided future America. She has over two decades’ experience in cross-cultural settings as a medical doctor working in post-civil war nations and as an Associate Pastor at a multi-ethnic congregation led by an African-American man in Cincinnati, the setting for Divided. When she’s not throwing on her superhero cape to save her characters from their dystopian antics, CC enjoys hiking, gardening, dancing, swimming, and driving her jeep through the woods with her husband and three Gen Z kids.

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His Father Laughed

The deepest betrayal is father turning on his own child. At the end of Caged, Jason's father Hudson Britwell crosses that line. Until this point, Jason has avoided a direct confrontation with his father, This scene ends that. When Hudson laughs at the gun pressed to his son's temple and takes his place beside the man holding it, their rivalry stops being a cold war. What do you do when the one who should protect you from everything sides with your would-be killer? You fight back with everything you have and trust your friends to cover you. Check out Caged, book two in the Divided Series. The series is best read in order.

Book Excerpt

Caged

Jason froze as a cold circle touched his temple. He heard his father laugh. Hudson Britwell wriggled out from under Jason, found his revolver, and stood alongside Junior.

“Let’s all just take a minute.” Junior’s voice slid ice down Jason’s spine. Jason knelt in front of Junior, completely powerless.

“The little betrayer,” Junior spat, shoving Jason forward onto all fours. “It will be my great pleasure to kill you.” Junior bent down right behind Jason, the revolver digging into Jason’s back, aimed toward his heart.

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CC Robinson

Caged

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His Father Laughed

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Caged

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