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Incarceron is a prison unlike any other: Its inmates live not only in cells, but the prison also lives within them.
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... read more
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Summary edit
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help the young prisoner Finn escape.
Characters edit
- Claudia: A girl trapped in a 18th century world. Claudia is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron. From the "Outside."
- Finn: A prisoner with no memory. Created by the prison. Also known as the Starseer.
- Keiro: Finn's oathbrother. Slightly selfish, but cares for Finn. Good at plotting.
- Gildas: Sapient from inside Incarceron. Very old and wants to Escape.
- Attia: A slave girl that Finn frees. She seems to almost have a crush on him.
- Jared Sapiens: Claudia's beloved tutor.
- Prince Caspar: Claudia's future husband.
- Queen Sia: Caspar's mother, Queen of the Realm.
- Sapphique: The only one said to have escaped from Incarceron. He talks in visions to the 'star seer,' Finn.
- Giles: Claudia's first betrothed who died in an accident before the wedding.
- John Arlex: The Warden of Incarceron, Claudia's father.
- Lord Evian: Pompous courtier.
- Medlicote: Secretary to the Warden.
- Incarceron: The Prison. Created as a paradise, but soon becomes the opposite.
- Claudia: Add a description of this character.
Quotes edit
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“"This is Keiro, Master. the one with no manners"”
Gildas -
“Nothing has changed, or will change. So we must change it.”
Steel Wolves -
“Is it that man contains within himself the seeds of evil? That even if he is placed in a paradise perfectly formed for him he will poison it, slowly, with his own jealousies and desires?”
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“We have put everything that is left into this. It is bigger than all of us now”
Martor Sapiens -
“Incarceron doesn't waste anything. I'm alive in its depths, in its cells, the cells of its body”
the Maestra -
“I curse the crystal, and I curse you. You've destroyed my trust. My compassion. I thought I could tell truth from lies. Now I'll never dare show kindness to a stranger again. For that I can never forgive!”
the Maestra
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Walls have ears. Doors have eyes. Trees have voices. Beasts tell lies. Beware the rain. Beware the snow. Beware the man You think you know.
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“. . . or is it that man contains within himself the seeds of evil? That even if he is placed in a paradise perfectly formed for him he will poison it, slowly, with his own jealousies and desires?
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Only the man who has known freedom Can define his prison.
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We forbid growth and therefore decay. Ambition, and therefore despair. Because each is only the warped reflection of the other.
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Despair is deep. An abyss that swallows dreams. A wall at the world’s end.
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All my years to this moment All my roads to this wall. All my words to this silence All my pride to this fall.
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Nothing has changed, or will change. So we must change it.
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“The Comitatus. Their leader called himself Jormanric the Winglord.”
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In ancient statutes Justice was always blind. But what if it sees, sees everything, and its Eye is cold and without Mercy? Who would be safe from such a gaze?
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I have walked a stair of swords, I have worn a coat of scars. I have vowed with hollow words, I have lied my way to the stars.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Incarceron: A prison that is alive. Originally designed to be a paradise.
- Claudia's house: A house that Claudia lives in.
- Inside: Inside the prison.
- Outside: Outside the prison.
Organizations edit
- Steel Wolves: A secret society of courtiers who wished to see an end to the Era play and the tyranny of the Havaarnas. They want Incarceron to be opened. The Steel Wolf symbol belonged to Lod Calliston who was found guilty of teason and was the first person to enter Incarceron a hundred and sixty years from the storyline.
- The Implacable Ones: Also known as the Three Without Mercy, they are the blind women who pass justice in the City. They resemble The Fates from Greek Mythology with a spindle and thread that they cut.
First Sentence edit
Finn had been flung on his face and chained to the stone slabs of the transitway.
Table of Contents edit
Part One: Crystal Eagle, Dark Swan
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Part Two: Underground, the Stars are Legends
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Part Three: Chained, Hand and Foot
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Part Four: A World That Hangs in Space
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Part Five: The Lost Prince
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Incarceron. (standard series)
Followed by Sapphique.
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Get Lost in Worlds of Fantasy. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Catherine Fisher (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Country: England
Publication Date: 3 May 2007
ISBN: 0340893605
Page Count: 464
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Country: England
Publication Date: 3 May 2007
ISBN: 0340893605
Page Count: 464
Awards edit
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (Finalist, 2011: Children's Literature, Finalist)
- Amazon Best of the Month (February 2010, #3)
- Texas Lone Star Reading List (2011)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.D2587Maz 2009
- Dewey: 813.54
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsMentions the b-word a few times. it's definitely a Young Adult since the younger crowd can get easily confused with this book.
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