Review: The Fury

The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith Series: The Fury # 1 Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) on July 23rd 2013 Genres: Young Adult- Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads From the creator of the Escape from Furnace series, a ferocious epic of supernatural terror, perfect for Stephen King fans  Imagine if one day, without warning, the entire human race turns against you, if every person you know, every person you meet becomes a bloodthirsty, mindless savage . . . That’s the horrifying reality for Cal, Brick, and Daisy. Friends, family, even moms and dads, are out to get them. Their world has the Fury. It will not rest until they are dead. In Alexander Gordon Smith’s adrenaline-fueled saga, Cal and the others must uncover the...

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Review: Lockdown

Title: LockdownSeries: Escape from Furnace # 1Genre: Young Adult- DystopianAuthor: Alexander Gordon SmithPublisher: Farrar Straus GirouxRelease Date: October 27, 2009Book: FC sent by publisher “Furnace Penitentiary: the world’s most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth’s surface. Convicted of a murder he didn’t commit, sentenced to life without parole, “new fish” Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming...

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