Incarceron

Incarceron - a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology - a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical medieval torture chamber - chains, great halls, dungeons. A young prisoner, Finn, has haunting visions of an earlier life, and cannot believe he was born here and has always been here. In the outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison - a futuristic world constructed beautifully to look like a past era, an imminent marriage she dreads. She knows nothing of Incarceron, except that it exists. But there comes a moment when Finn, inside Incarceron, and Claudia, outside, simultaneously find a device - a crystal key, through which they can talk to each other. And so the plan for Finn's escape is born ..."I loved the book. It's a crazy, cool, dark world ...it's a great story." -- Taylor Lautner, star of the Twilight movies

ISBN 0340893605   Pages 464 ISBN13 9780340893609 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 320 Publisher Hachette Children's Books   Published in London Imprint Hodder Children's Books   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 131 Publication date 03 May 2007   Spine width (mm) 30 DEWEY 823.914   Academic level Children (6-12) DEWEY edition DC22

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