The Compound

Author: Rawle, Aisling

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 2 July 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 352 pages
128 x 198 x 24 | 236g

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You wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, with nine other women.

All of you are young, beautiful, and keen to escape the catastrophe of the outside world.

Cameras broadcast your every move to millions of reality TV fans.

Soon, ten men will arrive on foot – if they survive the journey.

What will you do to win?

And what happens to the losers?

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