Nothing to lose. Everything to gain. Winner takes all.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cEvery bit as addictive as your favorite guilty pleasure binge-watch, but with all the substance of a literary classic.\u201d\u2014<\/b>Oprah Daily<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cI dare you not to tear through\u00a0<\/b>The Compound<\/i><\/b>\u00a0at lightning speed.\u201d\u2014Zakiya Dalila Harris,\u00a0<\/b>New York Times<\/i><\/b>\u00a0bestselling author of\u00a0<\/b>The Other Black Girl<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
ONE THE BOOKS OF THE SUMMER:\u00a0<\/b>The New York Times, Vulture, Time, Harper\u2019s Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Forbes, Betches, Publishers Weekly<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Lily\u2014a bored, beautiful twenty-something\u2014wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards like champagne and lipstick, plus communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front door.<\/p>\n
Cameras are catching all her angles, good and bad, but Lily has no desire to leave: why would she, when the world outside is falling apart? As the competition intensifies, intimacy between the players deepens, and it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between desire and desperation. When the unseen producers raise the stakes, forcing contestants into upsetting, even dangerous situations, the line between playing the game and surviving it begins to blur. If Lily makes it to the end, she\u2019ll receive prizes beyond her wildest dreams\u2014but what will she have to do to win?<\/p>\n
Addictive and prescient,\u00a0The Compound<\/i>\u00a0is an explosive debut from a major new voice in fiction and will linger in your mind long after the game ends.<\/p>\n