Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown - Softcover

Alexander Gordon Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571240801 ISBN 13: 9780571240807

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2009

Synopsis

Beneath heaven is hell.

Beneath hell is Furnace.

Furnace Penitentiary. The world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. One way in, no way out. Once you're here, you're here until you die, and for most of the inmates that doesn't take long - not with the sadistic guards and the bloodthirsty gangs. Convicted of a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, 'new fish' Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world.

Only in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows, where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood drenched tunnels below. And behind everything is the mysterious, all-powerful warden, a man as cruel and as dangerous as the devil himself, whose unthinkable acts have consequences that stretch far beyond the walls of the prison.

Together with a bunch of inmates - some innocent kids who have been framed, others cold-blooded killers - Alex plans the prison break to end all prison breaks. But as he starts to uncover the truth about Furnace's deeper, darker purpose, Alex's actions grow ever more dangerous, and he must risk everything to expose this nightmare that's hidden from the eyes of the world.

About this title

Book Description:

PRISON BREAK meets DARREN SHAN in an unforgettable story of terror and intrigue.

Synopsis:

Beneath heaven is hell. Beneath hell is Furnace. When thirteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, his life changes for ever. Now he is an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary - the toughest prison in the world for young offenders. It's the prison to end all prisons - a vast building sunk deep into the ground with one way in and no way out. But rowdy inmates and sadistic guards are the least of Alex's problems. Every night an inmate is taken from his cell by the guards and returned the next morning changed.Where are they taken and why are they returned covered with scars and acting as though they are not quite human? In a desperate bid for freedom Alex and his friend Zed discover a horrifying truth - that the Furnace Penitentiary is a place of pure evil, a place where cruel experiments take place every day, where inmates are simply guinea pigs, where monsters make monsters, and where death is the least of your worries ..."Furnace" is the first true prison book for kids, filled with thrilling chases, gut-wrenching horror and action scenes that will leave your heart racing for days.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0571240801
• ISBN 13: 9780571240807
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304