Synopsis from Goodreads
Title: Lockdown (Escape from Furnace)
Author: Alexander Gordon Smith
Publication Date: 2010
Publisher: Square Fish
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, “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. 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—some innocent kids who have been framed, others cold-blooded killers—Alex plans an escape. 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
My Review
What an adventurous book... Absolutely a masterpiece!!..I felt like I was part of the characters, living every moment and day with them..
I felt so bad and horrified with the thought of being locked up in Furnace. Just thinking of being underground forever with no bail or way out; it can be suffocating. However, Alexander Gordon Smith was still able to maneuver that idea into making it possible to live there where u can still smile and move on with your friends; yet also brings us back to the reality of the scary fact that you might end up dying or taken away any second.
He was able to come up with amazing characters, such as Alex, D, and Zee. They felt so real in which I felt sorry, frustrated and cared about them. They were actual characters, no cliche's, no superheros, and absolutely they're not too goody goodies as well.
I obviously recommend this book to whoever wants to read something very thrilling and keeps you on your toes during the whole story.
I felt so bad and horrified with the thought of being locked up in Furnace. Just thinking of being underground forever with no bail or way out; it can be suffocating. However, Alexander Gordon Smith was still able to maneuver that idea into making it possible to live there where u can still smile and move on with your friends; yet also brings us back to the reality of the scary fact that you might end up dying or taken away any second.
He was able to come up with amazing characters, such as Alex, D, and Zee. They felt so real in which I felt sorry, frustrated and cared about them. They were actual characters, no cliche's, no superheros, and absolutely they're not too goody goodies as well.
I obviously recommend this book to whoever wants to read something very thrilling and keeps you on your toes during the whole story.
5/5 :D
Xoxo Meera
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