Nexus by Jarica James

Life in the city of Lumen is filled with secrets, especially if you’re a scavenging tinkerer from the Mids.
Lumen was made to keep us safe from the world beyond our walls, but this oasis quickly turned into a totalitarian hellhole where the government monitors our every move. From cyberkinetic spies to QR coded tattoos and an overly involved city guard, Lumen’s technological advancements make it all too easy to keep the city’s ‘lowers’ where they belong.
With my best friend Wade, a tech guru, by my side, we do the best we can to survive, but when one of our under the table scavenging jobs goes wrong, we dig far deeper into one of Lumen’s secrets than we’d ever wanted to tread.
Starting a new life in the high-security Lumen Correctional Facility doesn’t mean we escape our city’s secrets, and life only gets more dangerous when the warden takes a particular interest in me. At his order, Wade and I are entered into a special work program, and we find ourselves waking up in a strange underwater prison that’s not supposed to exist.
As if that’s not enough, we’re tasked to protect four dangerous men who are unlike any I’ve ever met before.
The Suit, the Alpha, the Goth, and the Daddy. The more I’m around them, the more I’m drawn to them…and seeing Wade in a whole new light. I hope there’s time to figure this all out before the mysteries surrounding us before we dig our graves.
I thought Lumen had secrets, but it’s nothing compared to Eden.
This book contains violence, attempted assault, and other situations that others might find triggering.