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Zusatztext Oozes a del Toro flick vibe. Informationen zum Autor CATHERINE FISHER is an award-winning fantasy writer. The Oracle was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award! The Conjuror`s Game for the Smarties Award! The Snow-Walker`s Son for the W.H.Smith Mind Boggling Award! The Candle Ma n won the Tir-Na-n`Og Award! and Corbenic was shortlisted. Author of 16 books for children and 2 volumes of award-winning poetry. Klappentext Award-winning fantasy writer Catherine Fisher brings us the story of Incarceron - a futuristic prison! sealed from view! where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. Superb writing! masterful plotting! taut characterisation and a haunting landscape combine in a feat of imagination that sweeps the reader on a compelling journey. Ages: 11+. Zusammenfassung Incarceron - a futuristic prison! sealed from view! where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology - a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful! ever-vengeful character! and a typical medieval torture chamber - chains! great halls! dungeons. A young prisoner! Finn! has haunting visions of an earlier life! and cannot believe he was born here and has always been here. In the outer world! Claudia! daughter of the Warden of Incarceron! is trapped in her own form of prison - a futuristic world constructed beautifully to look like a past era! an imminent marriage she dreads. She knows nothing of Incarceron! except that it exists. But there comes a moment when Finn! inside Incarceron! and Claudia! outside! simultaneously find a device - a crystal key! through which they can talk to each other. And so the plan for Finn's escape is born ... " I loved the book. It's a crazy! cool! dark world ... it's a great story ." -- Taylor Lautner! star of the Twilight movies ...
