Series

The Chainmark Series is a brutal, unflinching saga about survival, identity, and the cost of freedom.

When sixteen-year-old Ryan Murphy is sentenced into a system designed to erase him, he learns the first rule of survival: you can lose everything — your name, your body, your voice — and still fight to stay human.

Across chains, scars, silence, and survival, this series follows Ryan’s journey through the darkness he never chose — and the fire he refuses to let die.

Bonds of Slavery – Book 1 – Available on Amazon now

In 2045, they don’t send you to prison. They sell you.

The year is 2045. America’s war on drugs has become a war on its own people. Overcrowded prisons and a ruthless new government give rise to Condition Zero—a program that sells inmates instead of incarcerating them.

Sixteen-year-old Ryan Murphy is one of the first minors sold. Sentenced for a crime he didn’t understand. Bought by a sadistic Texas rancher who sees obedience as the only law.

Now Ryan must learn the rules—fast.
Silence. Submission. Survival.

But even in captivity, something in him won’t die.
Because survival isn’t enough.
He wants to live.
And he wants to be free.

The Boy – Book 2 – Available on Amazon now

Ryan Murphy was sixteen when they took his name.

Sold under the National Slavery Act. Sentenced to four years. Bought by a man who treats obedience like a sport.

Now he’s just Boy.

Every bruise, every silence, every touch—another rule carved into his skin. But Ryan hasn’t vanished. Not completely. Beneath the routine, beneath the scars, something still burns.

He counts in other languages. He remembers rooftops. He knows the clock is ticking.

Until it runs out, survival is the only rebellion.

The Boy is Book Two in the Chainmark Series—a raw, unflinching story of control, resistance, and what it costs to stay human.

The Vanishing – Book 3

EVERYTHING HE WAS
WAS LEFT BEHIND

Freedom was never the end.
It was just another test.

Ryan Murphy is seventeen now.
He thought he understood the rules.
He was wrong.

Ripped from what had finally become familiar, he’s sold to a new owner.
A new system. A new kind of control.

This man doesn’t want obedience. He wants justice.
And he’s decided Ryan should pay.

The Run – Book 4 – Available to preorder

He’s out.
But he’s not free.

Book Four of the Chainmark Series follows the aftermath.

The rules don’t disappear just because the fences do.
Obedience lingers. Silence follows. Survival takes new forms.

This is not a story about escape.
It’s about what comes after.

The Run continues Ryan’s journey in a world that no longer owns him on paper—but hasn’t let him go.


What readers are saying

Bonds of Slavery

★★★★★

“A traumatic, gut-wrenching masterpiece.”

Amazon reviewer

The Boy

★★★★★

“This story will break your heart and rip it to shreds.”

Amazon reviewer

The Vanishing

★★★★★

“This story will change you… it will alter your perception.”

Goodreads reviewer

Wilkins

★★★★★

“It explains how a monster is created.”

Goodreads reviewer

Bonds of Slavery

★★★★★

“Dark, claustrophobic, and brutally immersive.”

Reader review

The Boy

★★★★★

“This book is absolutely beautiful and addictive… it keeps pulling you in.”

Amazon reviewer

The Vanishing

★★★★★

“My heart is broken… I just wanted to hold him.”

Goodreads reviewer

Wilkins

★★★★★

“A five-star read that left me shaken and unwilling to forgive.”

Goodreads reviewer

Bonds of Slavery

★★★★★

“One of the most emotionally charged books I’ve ever read.”

Amazon reviewer

The Boy

★★★★★

“It’s intense, raw, and impossible to put down. Must-read.”

Goodreads reviewer

The Vanishing

★★★★★

“This story will break your heart… I literally bawled my eyes out.”

Amazon reviewer

Wilkins

★★★★★

“Wilkins isn’t a redemption story… and that is exactly why it is so powerful.”

Goodreads reviewer

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The Chainmark Series by Charley Mayne