Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
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Incarceron

Author: Catherine Fisher

Narrator: Kim Mai Guest

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/09/2010


Synopsis

Incarceron is a prison unlike any other: Its inmates live not only in cells, but also in metal forests, dilapidated cities, and unbounded wilderness. The prison has been sealed for centuries, and only one man, legend says, has ever escaped.
           
Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, can’t remember his childhood and believes he came from Outside Incarceron. He’s going to escape, even though most inmates don’t believe that Outside even exists. And then Finn finds a crystal key and through it, a girl named Claudia. 
           
Claudia claims to live Outside—her father is the Warden of Incarceron and she’s doomed to an arranged marriage. If she helps Finn escape, she will need his help in return. But they don’t realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost far more than they know. 
           
Because Incarceron is alive.

About The Author

Catherine Fisher is an acclaimed novelist and poet, and has written many fantasy books, including The Oracle Prophecy series. Her first novel, The Conjuror’s Game, was shortlisted for the Smarties Book Prize. First published in the UK, Incarceron has garnered widespread praise, and was selected by The Times as its Children’s Book of the Year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Charlotte on February 18, 2019

"Year by year Incarceron tightened its grip. It made a hell of what should have been Heaven." Loved revisiting this world! I read this first when I was in my teens and I remember enjoying it wholeheartedly; years later and that opinion hasn't changed! Claudia lives in a dystopian future, where there......more

Goodreads review by Kat Kennedy on June 21, 2010

I found it difficult to enjoy Incarceron at first. You know that saying, Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it? Ya, this is Incarceron all over. So there's two worlds in this one story. There's the "real" world and the Incarceron world. The real world is a futuristic world with fa......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on December 26, 2010

I finished this book last night but waited till this morning to review it. Had I not, I suspect that the review would have been a bit more...vitriolic. I've run on several mediocre YA novels recently and that not only disappoints me, but gives me pause. maybe I'm getting harder to please? Having just......more

Goodreads review by Krista on December 17, 2010

Where to begin? I just loved this book so much. Reading it was like drinking a white chocolate mocha, oh so delicious. Maybe I'm really weird, but I've always thought prisons were kind of...cool. Not the modern day kind, but the medieval types. Strange, maybe, but I just find dungeons really interes......more

Goodreads review by R.J. on November 14, 2008

I love this book with a mad passion. I could hardly even tell you why, except that the concept of the living and sentient prison that's a whole world in itself is amazing, and the blend of the fantastical/fairy tale/historical and the high-tech aspects of Claudia's world fascinated me, and the Warde......more


Quotes

“Fisher creates a world of danger and suspense that will keep readers ensnared.”–BookPage “Fisher scores a resounding success in this beautifully imagined science fantasy… Complex and inventive with numerous and rewarding mysteries.”–The San Francisco Examiner “TOP PICK! Readers will be left anxiously awaiting a sequel.”–Romantic Times “Fisher’s characters are emotionally resonant, flawed, determined, and plagued by metaphysical questions... With some well-timed shocking twists and a killer ending, this is a must have.”–Booklist “Fisher’s dystopic future, in which technology and decay coexist in a dazzling kaleidoscope of images and time periods, is brilliantly realized… Elegant, gritty, often surprising.”–The Horn Book “Fisher scores a resounding success in this beautifully imagined science fantasy.”–Publishers Weekly “By delving into the philosophy of imprisonment and the development of society; discussing how history informs the present; and exploring self-awareness and sentience in nonhuman characters, Incarceron becomes something of a tour de force.”–School Library Journal “A far-future thriller combines riveting adventure and masterful world-building with profound undertones… Like the finest chocolate, a rich confection of darkness, subtlety and depth, bittersweet and absolutely satisfying.”–Kirkus Reviews “An imaginative adventure unlike any other. There's a dark sophistication to it that sets it apart and makes it a delicious read.”–Deseret News