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. Together with a bunch of inmates-some innocent kids who have been framed, others cold-blooded killers-Alex plans an escape. 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. 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.

Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. This is a punch-between- the-eyes kind of read. The books are written from perspective of the teenage. 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. 'Alexander Gordon Smith employs tight, gutsy language to tell Alex's story. Escape from Furnace is a series of five novels written by British author Alexander Gordon Smith. Furnace Penitentiary: the world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface.

Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith