Claimed: The Diary of Nia Marshall

In a world where safety comes with a signature, one mother dares to take it back.When America collapses under fear and control, a new law emerges: the Guardianship Clause—a policy allowing white families to “adopt” Black citizens in exchange for state protection. To keep her sons alive, Nia Marshall signs the papers, surrendering her legal autonomy to her lifelong friend, Caroline Winslow—a woman who believes she’s saving them.But safety becomes a cage.Inside the pristine walls of Caroline’s home, Nia discovers that protection comes at a cost: her freedom, her family’s name, and her sons’ sense of who they are. As her teenage son Malik begins to question the system, hidden surveillance, data manipulation, and state secrets unravel—revealing that the Guardianship Clause was never about safety at all.Now, Nia must choose between survival and rebellion. Between the illusion of peace and the truth that could burn it all down.CLAIMED is a haunting, visionary debut about motherhood, resistance, and the price of being “protected.”For readers of The Handmaid’s Tale, Get Out, and Parable of the Sower, this is the story of one woman reclaiming her family—and the nation that tried to erase them.