Sunday, April 10, 2011

Sapphique, by Catherine Fisher (2011)



The alleyway was so narrow that Attia could lean against one wall and kick the other.  She waited in the dimness, listening, her breath condensing on glistening bricks.  A flicker of flames around the corner sent red ripples down the walls.

*Plot spoiler if you have not read Incarceron.

First Sapphique, then Finn.  Finn has escaped Incarceron and is now Outside, but Attia and Keiro are still locked in the Prison.  Attia meets the Dark Enchanter, or Rix, who has Sapphique's Glove.  But is it the true Glove?  And what power, or evil, does the Glove possess? 

Finn's new world Outside is perhaps more dangerous than the darkness of Incarceron, even though his memory is slowly returning.  The Warden is missing and Claudia has presented Finn as the true Prince of the Realm.  But another Prince Giles appears at the Proclamation.  Unlike Finn, the Pretender looks like a prince, acts like a prince, and remembers everything- people, places, events - from Prince Giles's life.  Who is the real prince of the Realm? 

Incarceron wants to escape itself, but if it succeeds, all of the prisoners will die.  And the Realm will be forever changed.

"Incarceron never sleeps.  It dreams, and its dreams are terrible. 
But it never sleeps."

The mysterious secrets of the Realm unfold in this exciting adventure of Sapphique.  Is it possible for someone to save the Realm and Prison from total and absolute destruction?  Or is everyone doomed?

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Rating:  8 stars out of 10