Trapped. Controlled. Broken. Jackson Hale thought he was just another student at Halcyon Academy—a perfect school hidden behind iron gates and endless forest. But the academy isn’t what it seems. Students are being brainwashed, memories erased, and personalities stripped away. Jax is different. Immune. Alone. Until Mara arrives, sharp, fearless, and ready to fight back. Together, they’ll risk everything to escape the academy’s walls… but freedom comes at a price, and the world outside may be even darker than the one they left behind. Escape is a fast-paced, dark fantasy thriller about survival, defiance, and the fight to reclaim your mind.