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Summary
Alex's second attempt to break out of Furnace Penetentiary has failed. This time his punishment will be much worse than before. Because in the hidden, bloodstained laboratories beneath the prison, he will be made into a monster. As the warden pumps something evil into his veins--a sinisterly dark nectar--Alex becomes what he most fears . . . a superhuman minion of Furnace. How can he escape when the darkness is inside him? How can he lead the way to freedom if he is lost to himself?
Author Notes
Alexander Gordon Smith lives in Norwich, England. "The Stephen King of YA horror," he is the author of The Fury; The Inventors; the Escape from Furnace series, which has sold nearly half-a-million copies; and the Devil's Engine series.
Reviews (3)
Horn Book Review
More death and destruction surround Alex (Lockdown, Solitary) as he's subjected to biological transformations by the warden. As one of the silver-eyed, black-suited monsters, he must decide how to use his power. Thin on character development and moral complexity, the book thrives on violent battles between good and evil, ornamented with a few nods to the value of friendship. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Alex Sawyer has just received his third strike, attempting to escape from the underground penitentiary known as Furnace (Solitary: Escape from Furnace 2, 2010), and is about to learn the secret origins of the prison staff.After being surgically implanted with muscles and pumped full of the mysterious substance known as "nectar," Alex struggles to retain his humanity as his body is challenged with endurance tests and his mind is twisted by the warden's whispering. He resists but ultimately succumbs to his new interior darkness and accidentally kills an old friend before being rescued by Simon and Zee for a final daring escape from the horrific prison. With this third installment in the Escape from Furnace series, Smith strikes the ideal balance between action and introspection. Readers will feel flashes of genuine sympathy for antihero Alex, especially as he struggles against becoming the monster he has always feared lurks inside. With survival challenges, a battle and a prison uprising, the novel keeps the adrenaline level high and the pages turning. A World War II plot twist may strike readers as coming from left field, but the series has always been more about action and suspense than anything else.One thing's for sure: There's still plenty of action still to come out of Furnace.(Thriller. 12 up)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
In the third episode of five in the Escape from Furnace series, near-future teen inmate-narrator Alex at last escapes the vile underground prison and experimental laboratory of Furnace but not before extreme doses of surgical and chemical torture that nearly turn him into one of the prison's feared superguards; massive splatters of blood and other fluids; ugly revelations about the prison's origins; and a titanic, gruesome climactic battle. Familiarity with previous volumes is a must, and, as before, the high level of violence and the intensity of both language and imagery will test even strong-stomached readers.--Peters, John Copyright 2010 Booklist