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Furnace Penitentiary: the worlda (TM)s most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the eartha (TM)s surface. Convicted of a murder he didna (TM)t commit, sentenced to life without parole, a oenew fisha 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. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries.
Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman 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 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 a some innocent kids who have been framed, others cold-blooded killers a Alex plans an escape. But as he starts to uncover the truth about Furnacea (TM)s deeper, darker purpose, Alexa (TM)s actions grow ever more dangerous, and he must risk everything to expose this nightmare thata (TM)s hidden from the eyes of the world.
Synopsis
Furnace Penitentiary is the world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. Alex Sawyer is the ?new fish.? Convicted of a murder he didn?t commit, sentenced to life without parole, he knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to death in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. The prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman 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. Escape is Alex's only option. But it's not just about saving his own skin. The more he discovers, the more he understands that he is going to have to do whatever it takes to expose this nightmare hidden from the eyes of the world. Fast-paced and full of shocks and terrors, Lockdown is the incredible first book in Alexander Gordon Smith's Escape from Furnace series.
Synopsis
Furnace Penitentiary: the world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. Convicted of a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars.