The Detainee: the Island means the end of all hope (The Detainee, #1)

by Peter Liney

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'Of all the dystopian novels I have read in recent years, Peter Liney's The Detainee is one the best written, most engaging, heart-tugging and cinematic of all' - Amazon Reviewer

The island means the end of all hope: until 'Big Guy' Clancy discovers a reason to fight back.

When the fog comes down and the drums start to beat, the inhabitants of the island tremble: the punishment satellites - which keep the tyrannical Wastelords at bay - are blind in the darkness, and the islanders become prey.

The inhabitants are the old, the sick, the poor: the detritus of Society, dumped on the island with the rest of Society's waste. There is no point trying to run. There is no point trying to escape. The satellites - the invisible eyes of the law - mete out instant judgement from the sky.

The island is the end of all hope - until 'Big Guy' Clancy finds a blind woman living in a secret underground warren, and discovers a reason to fight . . .

  • ISBN10 1782060332
  • ISBN13 9781782060338
  • Publish Date 4 July 2013
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 1 March 2017
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Quercus Publishing
  • Imprint Jo Fletcher Books
  • Format Paperback (UK Trade)
  • Pages 304
  • Language English