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Intimidate. Annihilate. Survive. Welcome to Deathball ROBIN They ripped me from my home. They put me in these chains. And now they expect me to fight other men to the death for their entertainment. Bruised, battered, enslaved, and then I meet him —Marco, the reigning champion with blood on his hands and secrets in his eyes. Terrifying, unpredictable, an impossible beauty in the barren wastelands, Marco's twice as vicious as the sport itself. So why is he obsessed with me, training me harder than the other men, pushing me to my limits? And why does every brutal lesson only draw me closer to the one man I should fear most of all? MARCO Five years I've been their weapon. Five years of victory, of survival, of telling myself one more season, and I'll finally earn my freedom, make it home. Then they bring me Robin—beautiful, golden-haired, obstinately fierce, and smelling like the sunshine of my homeland—and suddenly I'm fighting a war on two fronts. In the arena, I have to forge him into a killer. In the shadows, I'm falling for the rival who could destroy everything I've worked for. Because the one man I'm desperate to protect is also the one I'm destined to murder in the arena, in front of thousands of cheering Deathball fans. When they’ve taken everything, maybe love is the only rebellion left. Deathball is a high-stakes, life or death, post-apocalyptic MM dark sports romance packed with blood, sweat, spice, and swoony, angsty, heart-wrenching love against all odds. It ends with a HEA for this couple, with the overarching plot continuing with different main characters in Deathwish, book two.
Deathball: A Post-Apocalyptic MM Dark Sports Romance: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This dark MM romance features graphic gladiator-style violence (men forced to fight to the death), explicit sexual content, enslavement, and intense trauma. The relationship develops in a brutal post-apocalyptic arena setting with high-stakes survival elements.
What to know going in
This book has graphic violence, explicit sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include torture, slavery, graphic violence, murder, and captivity (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers will be gripped by the intense forbidden romance between two enslaved fighters forced to compete in deadly combat.