Furnace Series by Alexander Gordon Smith

The Furnace Series are a collection of young adult science fiction novels, written by Alexander Gordon Smith. The novels feature the Furnace Penitentiary, the worlds most secure prison for young offenders.

The Furnace is buried one mile beneath the surface of the earth with only one way in, and no way out. Once you have arrived at Furnace, you never leave, there until you die. Dying doesn't often happen from old age either with sadistic guards, bloodthirsty gangs, and something a whole lot worse.

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Furnace: Death Sentence

by Alexander Gordon Smith

Furnace: Death Sentence is the third volume in the Furnace series, a young adult science fiction series of books, written by Alexander Gordon Smith.

The Furnace is a juvenile prison located one mile beneath the surface of the earth, where kids are sentenced to life imprisonment and where dying isn't the worst that can happen to you...

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reviewed on Thursday 01 October 2009

Furnace: Solitary

by Alexander Gordon Smith

Furnace: Solitary is a young adult science fiction novel, the second volume in the Furnace series by Alexander Gordon Smith.

Furnace Prison is located a mile beneath the surface of the planet, a place where juveniles are sentenced to life imprisonment with no hope of release, a place where death is the least of your problems.

Alex thought he'd made it, thought he was free, he should have known there is no way out of Furnace.

He is now deeper in the...

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reviewed on Wednesday 01 July 2009

Furnace: Lockdown

by Alexander Gordon Smith

Furnace: Lockdown is a young adult science fiction novel and is the first volume in the Furnace series, written by Alexander Gordon Smith.

The Furnace Penitentiary is an underground prison, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface, where juveniles are sentenced for life, with no hope and no chance of release. Furnace is no ordinary prison though, guarding the cells are ferocious beasts, not to mention the strange creatures in gas masks that stalk the corridors in the dead of n...

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reviewed on Wednesday 01 April 2009