Proxy by Alex London

In a future where the rich live in luxury and the poor pay the price, every crime has a cost — and someone else pays it. Syd, a “proxy,” takes the punishment for the crimes of Knox, a privileged young man who has never faced a consequence in his life. But when one reckless act changes everything, Syd and Knox are forced into an uneasy alliance — fugitives running from the world that created them.

Proxy is a tense, fast-paced dystopian thriller about power, debt, and rebellion. Alex London’s vision of a society built on economic servitude and digital control is both thrilling and unsettlingly plausible. At its core lies a question as old as civilization itself: how much of your freedom would you trade to survive?