A thrilling, high-concept fantasy for fans of Garth Nix and Nancy Farmer. "Incarceron" is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible. And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside- she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison, and Claudia believes she can help him. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know.
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Incarceron
A thrilling, high-concept fantasy for fans of Garth Nix and Nancy Farmer. "Incarceron" is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible. And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside- she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison, and Claudia believes she can help him. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know.
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Reviewed by Simone Neumann-SalvaGute Idee zu einem ungewöhnlichen Welthintergrund: Um eine Welt die vor Jahrhunderten von Kriegen gebeutelt wurde zu retten, entschließen sich Wissenschaftler alle Verbrecher, Kranken und Auffälligen in ein virtuelles Gefängnis wegzusperren – Incarceron. Das Gefängnis, die virtuelle Welt, wird durch eine künstliche Intelligenz geleitet und geregelt. Sie sollte für ideale geradezu paradiesische Bedingungen sorgen, die die Rekonvaleszenz der Insassen ermöglicht, denn für diese war kein Entkommen aus der virtuellen Welt geplant. Die reale Welt erstarrt währenddessen in einem höfischen Protokoll, dass Wissenschaft und Technik verschmäht und nur noch heimlich benutzt. Dem Leser erschließt sich dieser Hintergrund erst langsam, durch zwei spannende Handlungsstränge, die sich miteinander vermischen: Claudia, die Tochter des Wärters von Incarceron entdeckt dessen Geheimnisse, während sie das Schicksal von Finn, eines Insassen beobachtet und beeinflusst. Die Liebesgeschichte, sowie die Protagonisten sind unterhaltsam, wenn auch für mich nicht wirklich glaubhaft. Vier Sterne trotzdem für die gute Unterhaltung.