FURNACE: LOCKDOWN

Book ID/图书代码： 04300008B21434

English Summary/英文概要： Beneath heaven is hell. Beneath hell is Furnace.

’They framed me for murder, condemned me to life in Furnace with its punishments and pain. I’ve got to get out of here. If I don’t, it could be me the Wheezers come for. Me who’s dragged screaming from my cell. Me who’s brought back scarred, twisted and hungry for blood.’

It is the near future and thirteen-year-old Alex is sent to Furnace Penitentiary - the toughest prison in the world for young offenders. Rowdy inmates and sadistic guards are the least of Alex’s problems here. In a desperate bid for freedom Alex and his friend Zed discover a horrifying truth behind Furnace . . . This is the first terrifying and surprising book in a series of three about Furnace.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 絕無僅有大逃亡！刺激！驚險！更多令人無法想像的場景！

總之如果不想盡辦法逃亡，唯一下場就只有死！

「熔爐」Furnace - 不僅僅是一個青少年觀護所，也是世界上最危險的監獄。它被建造在地球最深層的地方，不見天日，出口和入口只有一個，不過往往進去後就沒有人在出來過。因為在這死是唯一妳不用擔心的事！十三歲的Alex Sawyer因被控告謀殺被送進去，但究竟是什麼原因，在這法律制裁的背後讓他似乎沒有挽回的餘地，不過他相信正義最終會在他這邊，而他一定能逃離這如地獄般的處境，當他和同伴Zed在找尋出入的同時，也漸漸發覺這掩藏這監獄後可怕的秘密……
此系列目前規劃推出五集，Faber & Faber計畫今年七月推出第二集Furnace: Solitary，明年春季推出第三集Furnace: Death Sentence
系列網站：http://www.escapefromfurnace.com/
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Awards/获奖情况："Fresh and ferocious, Lockdown will hook boys with its gritty, unrelenting surprises."----James Patterson9
"Furnace is hotter than hell and twice as much fun! Sign me up for a life sentence of Alexander Gordon Smith!"-- Darren Shan
‘Alexander Gordon Smith employs tight, gutsy language to tell Alex’s story . . . This is a punch-between-the-eyes kind of read, punishing in every sense, Gothic in its horrors, darkly claustrophobic . . . Readers may find the wait between volumes a long stretch.’ -- Financial Times
‘[Furnace] will be addictive and gripping for teenage readers who like their villains really, really bad and the fear factor ramped up high. The start of an adventure series – but not for sensitive souls.’ -- Daily Mail
‘Fears of imprisonment are a strong strain for older readers, and Alexander Gordon Smith’s Furnace: Lockdown, a prison “where death is the least of your worries”, is an adrenalin-packed thriller for teens that grumpy boys will gulp down as escapism.’ -- Amanda Craig, Sunday Times
‘Smith is a fantastic writer; the prose is sharp and focused, with descriptions that bring this alternate reality to life.’ – Bookbag
‘You’d be a fool to miss out on this tense, exciting and terrifying read.’ -- Flipside Magazine

"Furnace is hotter than hell and twice as much fun! Sign me up for a life sentence of Alexander Gordon Smith!"---Darren Shan(向達倫)

Rights Sold:
Farrar Strauss will begin publishing in the US in autumn 2009
Pocket Jeunesse will publish in France in 2010.

Youtube影片網站：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78l5S_Ro-TI

Faber is coming in all guns blazing with this new series starting in March with Lockdown. It’s Faber’s teen lead for 2009 and it will be putting work into getting plenty of attention. Aimed squarely at a male readership, Smith introduces Furnace – the worst prison in the world, a youth detention centre, a vast hell of an underground fortress and the destination of 13-year-old Alex. He’s been in the wrong side of the law but not for the murder he’s been accused of: why is he there and how can he escape? ---From Bookseller

About the Author/作者介绍： Alexander Gordon Smith was born in 1979 and began to write his first stories at the age of six. After leaving school he studied English literature at the University of East Anglia where he set up a small poetry press called Egg Box Publishing (where he promotes and builds talented new writers and poets). He lives in Norfolk, England.
Alexander Gordon Smith生於1979年，在六歲那年已經完成第一則故事，畢業於英國東英格蘭大學英文系University of East Anglia也成經營所屬的詩集出版社。目前居住英國諾福克(Norfolk, England)。http://www.alexandergordonsmith.com/

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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