The Cage at the End of the World

What if the system meant to save you was designed to destroy you?

When eleven-year-old Anya Petrova and her family flee war-torn Ukraine, they believe they’re heading toward safety. But their desperate Channel crossing lands them in UK detention, facing deportation to Rwanda—and a horrifying truth about what “integration” really means.

“THERE ARE NO HAPPY ENDINGS.”

In the tradition of Stephen King’s most disturbing tales, The Cage at the End of the World follows a Ukrainian refugee family through the bureaucratic machinery of immigration systems that process human lives like administrative inconveniences. What begins as a story of displacement becomes a descent into unimaginable horror, where humanitarian assistance masks systematic evil and children learn that monsters wear professional smiles.

This unflinching psychological horror novella explores the bureaucratic machinery that processes human desperation, the particular terror of systems designed to help but meant to harm, and a child’s journey from innocence to the darkest truth imaginable. Perfect for readers of psychological horror who aren’t afraid to confront the monsters hiding in plain sight.