The action never ends, and the thrill just increases with every passing moment. Just like the first one, this book is incredibly fast-paced. Because now I finally imagined myself in the characters' place, trapped in a prison for a crime I didn't commit knowing I'll probably die in there. And yet, this book kept me afraid all the time. I'm gonna tell you something: I am not easily scared with books. His first book, The Inventors, written with his nine-year-old brother Jamie, was published in the U.K. The endless research for these projects led to countless book ideas germinating in his head. He also started writing literally hundreds of articles, short stories and books ranging from Scooby Doo comic strips to world atlases, Midsomer Murders to X-Files. Along with poet Luke Wright, he founded Egg Box Publishing, a groundbreaking magazine and press that promotes talented new authors. He studied English and American Literature at the University of East Anglia, and it was here that he first explored his love of publishing. After experimenting in the service and retail trades for a few years, Smith decided to go to University. Born in 1979 in Norwich, England, he always wanted to be a writer. Alexander Gordon Smith is the author of the Escape from Furnace series of young adult novels, including Lockdown and Solitary.
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