It is a good thing I'm ahead of schedule, since it has been two weeks since my last post. I knew this time of the year was going to be hectic this year, but didn't realize just how crazy.
One of the PE teachers at my school is a self-proclaimed "non-reader." Over the years I have handed him a few books to try out, some have been hits and others have been misses. This year, I think we have found his niche....sci-fi/fantasy with a little post-apocalyptic/dystopian thrown in for a little extra something. He flew through the entire Hunger Games series in about two weeks and came in the library looking for something else. It just so happened that Incarceron had just been checked in and I offered it to him, telling him that it was about a prison that was alive. He jumped on it and within a few days, was back asking for the sequel Sapphique--which he finished in a few days as well. When he found out I hadn't read Incarceron yet, he informed me that I had to read and after I did, he wanted to talk about it. I started it last weekend and he and I had a brief conversation during the week, but he didn't want to give anything away. Well, I finished it last night and I can't wait to talk to him about it this week!!
Many years ago, the king decreed that there would be no more progress--life would actually regress back to roughly the middle ages in dress, technology, science, medicine, etc. All prisoners would also be shipped to a new prison called Incarceron with wise leaders, called Sapients, in order to create a perfect society. What wasn't planned for was the eventual overthrowing of the system by the prison itself. It began to generate life from those who died inside it as well as think and react of its own volition.
Finn, a prisoner in Incarceron, believes that he came from Outside--he doesn't remember anything before waking up in a cell three years prior. Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is pledged to be married to Caspar, the crown prince--a boorish oaf who she can't stand. Her father has been grooming her for this position her entire life. Claudia and Finn are both desperate to find an escape--Finn from Incarceron and Claudia from her arranged marriage.
I won't say any more, for fear of giving away the good stuff!! This is definitely a must-read if you like fantasy/dystopian fiction!!
Happy Reading!!
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