{"product_id":"solitary-escape-from-furnace-2-9780312674762","title":"Solitary: Escape from Furnace 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fresh and ferocious, \u003ci\u003eLockdown \u003c\/i\u003ewill hook boys with its gritty, unrelenting surprises.\" --James Patterson, for\u003ci\u003e Lockdown\u003c\/i\u003e (Escape from Furnace Book 1) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex tried to escape.\u003cbr\u003eHe had a perfect plan.\u003cbr\u003eHe was almost free. Even felt the cool, clean air on his face.\u003cbr\u003eThen the dogs came.\u003cbr\u003eNow he's locked in a place so gruesome--so hellish--that escape doesn't even matter.\u003cbr\u003eHe just wants to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex Sawyer and his mates should have known there was no way out of Furnace Penitentiary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir escape attempt only lands them deeper in the guts of this prison for young offenders, and then into solitary confinement. And that's where a whole new struggle begins--a struggle not to let the hellish conditions overwhelm them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause before another escape attempt is even possible, they must first survive the nightmare that now haunts their endless nights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSolitary\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fast paced and packed with nail-biting scenarios . . . This is a dark story with a dark ending, but the gritty action and compelling characters will have reluctant readers enthralled.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Once again, Smith has created a thrill ride that will leave the audience wanting more. Smith's prose is fast paced, witty, and sometimes downright terrifying. Some of the images he creates could manifest into a nightmare or two. Teens who are looking for a great thriller\/horror story will definitely want to pick up these novels.\" --\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Adrenaline-fueled action infuses the narrative as it did in \u003ci\u003eLockdown\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), keeping the pages turning. . . . The author knows what keeps his readers locked to the page and delivers it soundly.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Breathlessly paced.\" --Booklist\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLockdown\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fresh and ferocious, \u003ci\u003eLockdown \u003c\/i\u003ewill hook boys with its gritty, unrelenting surprises.\" --\u003ci\u003eJames Patterson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Furnace is hotter than hell and twice as much fun! Sign me up for a life sentence of Alexander Gordon Smith!\" --\u003ci\u003eDarren Shan, author of the Demonata series\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso by Alexander Gordon Smith: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Devil's Engine series\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Engine: Hellraisers\u003c\/i\u003e (Book 1)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Engine: Hellfighters\u003c\/i\u003e (Book 2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Engine: Hellwalkers\u003c\/i\u003e (Book 3) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fury\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Escape from Furnace series\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLockdown\u003c\/i\u003e (Book 1)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolitary\u003c\/i\u003e (Book 2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e (Book 3)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFugitives\u003c\/i\u003e (Book 4)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExecution\u003c\/i\u003e (Book 5)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Gordon Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eEscape from Furnace\u003c\/i\u003e series, including \u003ci\u003eLockdown\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in 1979 in Norwich, England, he always wanted to be a writer. After experimenting in the service and retail trades for a few years, Smith decided to go to University. He studied English and American Literature at the University of East Anglia, and it was here that he first explored his love of publishing. Along with poet Luke Wright, he founded Egg Box Publishing, a groundbreaking magazine and press that promotes talented new authors. He also started writing literally hundreds of articles, short stories and books ranging from \u003ci\u003eScooby Doo\u003c\/i\u003e comic strips to world atlases, \u003ci\u003eMidsomer Murders\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eX-Files\u003c\/i\u003e. The research for these projects led to countless book ideas germinating in his head. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Inventors\u003c\/i\u003e, written with his nine-year-old brother Jamie, was published in the U.K. in 2007. 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