The Lifeline Protocol: A Teen & Young Adult

The Lifeline Teen & Young Adult Fantasy Series Book 1

By: R.F. Price

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

They said survival was a chance. They lied.

In 2026, healthcare isn’t a right—it’s a game.

Seventeen-year-old Wren Blackwood has one way to save her mother from a fatal neurological illness: volunteer for The Lifeline Protocol, a corporate-run survival challenge where teens navigate a deadly, AI-controlled city called the Maze. Every hour Wren stays alive earns life-saving medical credits.

There’s just one catch.

Through a neural link, Wren’s mother feels everything Wren feels—every fall, every broken bone, every spike of terror. If Wren dies, her mother loses treatment. If her mother hits the extraction button to pull Wren out, their credits vanish and the corporation takes what’s left of Wren’s body as payment.

As Wren fights collapsing skyscrapers, rogue security drones, and a city that seems disturbingly alive, she discovers chilling clues hidden in the code. Her father, a programmer who “died” in a lab accident, might still exist as a fragmented consciousness inside the Maze. The game isn’t about entertainment or mercy—it’s about harvesting human minds for profit.

Caught between a privileged rival player who may be more ally than enemy, an underground resistance willing to burn the system down, and a watching world addicted to the spectacle, Wren must decide how far she’ll go to save the people she loves—before the Maze decides for her.

Perfect for readers who love:

• High-stakes teen & young adult fantasy with a sci-fi twist
• Gritty, emotional dystopias like The Hunger Games and Divergent
• Dangerous survival games, neural tech, and corporate conspiracies
• Slow-burn connection and found-family threads woven through the chaos
• Binge-worthy dystopian teen Kindle Unlimited reads with heart

What you’ll find inside The Lifeline Protocol:

• A fierce but vulnerable heroine who refuses to give up on her family
• A living smart-city Maze built from harvested consciousness
• A mother–daughter neural bond that turns every injury into shared pain
• A morally gray rival, resistance hackers, and chilling corporate villains
• Relentless escalation, late-breaking twists, and a hope-against-the-odds ending

Start a new obsession-worthy series.

If you’re searching for your next addictive teen & young adult fantasy crossover with a razor-sharp sci-fi edge, emotional stakes, and the binge-ready pacing of the best dystopian teen Kindle Unlimited books, Wren’s story belongs at the top of your TBR.

One city. One lifeline. One girl who refuses to let the system decide who gets to live.

Download The Lifeline Protocol now and enter the Maze.