Subjugation: The Book of Alyssia

by L.S. Bethel

America as we know it no longer exists. Greed has won out and those with money make all the rules. Those with power and money lord over those without. Those without have been forced into servitude and slavery. Civil rights no longer exist and the threat of war is constant.
Alyssia has been serving all her life. Stripped of her rights, citizenship and free will, she has never had anything to call her own. Still, she continues to survive refusing to let this world destroy her. But now she is about to be tested in a way she never has before. She's faced the greedy, the ignorant, even the vile but she always made it out. How does she adapt to coming face to face with evil?
Evil. Monster. Psycho. Donovan heard it all before. It no longer fazed him. He couldn't even say that it was entirely untrue. Donovan had made his peace with who he was and what he was years ago. He was a product of his upbringing. Being the son of one of the most hated and powerful men in the country had corrupted him in more ways than one. Now he used that darkness to make a name for himself.
Jealousy, corruption, and fate bring two people together who couldn't be more different. As the country burns around them they are forced to confront the darkest parts of themselves while trying to survive their circumstances and each other.
This is a 2nd edition of a previously published work.

386 pages, Paperback

Published August 11, 2023

About the author

L.S. Bethel was born in Miami but has resided in in Atlanta, Georgia for over twenty years. She has been writing stories since she was 10 years old taking after her late father who unfortunately passed before he could publish any of his works. It is because of her faith, family and friends that L.S. is able to push herself to create her stories. She only recently has been prompted to pursue publishing with the holy spirit guiding her every step of the way. She holds a Masters in Psychology, loves to work with at risk youth and children with special needs, having done so for over 7 years now. Reading is one her favorite pastimes. Her love of books has fueled her love of writing. She's read hundreds of books in her lifetime, but noticed she found very few characters that looked like her, so now she takes the opportunity to give other young woman the chance to see themselves in the pages of a book. Drawn to supernatural, romance, fantasy and science fiction, L.S. loves to incorporate a little bit of it all in her writing.