Solitary, Alexander Gordon Smith
Solitary, Alexander Gordon Smith
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Solitary

Author: Alexander Gordon Smith

Narrator: Alex Kalajzic

Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/21/2010

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Thrown into solitary confinement for his failed escape attempt from furnace prison, Alex Sawyer struggles not to let the hellish pitch-black silence overwhelm him. Before another escape attempt is even possible, he must first survive the nightmare that now haunts his endless nights. Because the hole doesn’t need monsters to do its dirty work — not the usual brutes in black suits and their silver-eyed, fleshless hounds, or wheezing freaks with filthy syringes. All it needs is Alex and his own fears, now that he’s seen firsthand the terrible fate awaiting him and his mates in Furnace’s secret tunnels and labs. In solitary, Alexander Gordon Smith takes us still deeper into the terrifying underground world of Furnace Penitentiary. Listeners will hurtle from thrill to chill in this rocket-paced prison-break odyssey where nightmares are made.

About Alexander Gordon Smith

Alexander Gordon Smith, 30, is the author of The Inventors, which was shortlisted for the Wow Factor competition. He writes non-fiction books and articles and is the co-writer of the Scooby Doo: World of Mystery magazine. He also runs his own publishing company, promoting and building talented new writers and poets. He lives in Norwich.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Vanessa

I'm gonna tell you something: I am not easily scared with books. ... And yet, this book kept me afraid all the time. Because now I finally imagined myself in the characters' place, trapped in a prison for a crime I didn't commit knowing I'll probably die in there. Just like the first one, this book is......more

This series just plays on all my deepest, darkest fears. There's the fear of being framed for a crime I didn't commit, of telling the truth and having no one believe me. There's the fear of the supernatural - of things that come and get you after dark. Of friends being taken and changed into somethin......more

Goodreads review by Cori

So I'm listening to this book on Audible, and I'm thinking, "We've just spent half an hour listening to Alex's inner monologue whilst he's stuck in a coffin-sized solitary confinement hole. But I haven't been bored once." *slow clap* That's really impressive. Truly. I've really enjoyed this series so......more