Original Music inspired by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s Chain-Gang All-Stars

Welcome to CAPE—Criminal Action Penal Entertainment—where prisoners fight to the death in front of packed arenas for the chance to win their freedom. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars, teammates, and lovers, navigating a system designed to crush them. Adjei-Brenyah’s blazing debut novel is part gladiator epic, part searing satire of America’s prison-industrial complex, and one of the most urgent novels in recent memory.

“Epic…Intoxicating…It is a testament to Adjei-Brenyah’s idiosyncratic talents as a satirist that this premise…feels disquietingly plausible by the novel’s end.”  – The Atlantic

“Haunting, lyrical and evocative, this book challenges readers with questions surrounding fairness, justice and freedom, and is perfect for readers who are passionate or curious about social justice and the history of policing in the United States.”  – Forbes

Heads up: Chain-Gang All-Stars contains extreme violence, graphic death, systemic racism, and strong language throughout.

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