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Incarceron

Incarceron
Catherine Fisher

Incarceron is a young-adult fantasy and science fiction novel written by Catherine Fisher that was first released on May 3, 2007. Published by Hodder Children's Books, it is the first in a line of novels centered on Finn and Claudia, two adolescents individually confined by the Warden of Incarceron. A sequel to the book, entitled Sapphique, was published in 2008. Incarceron was first released in the United States in 2010 and appeared on the New York Times children's bestseller list. 20th Century Fox owns the film rights to the novel. The book has been released in paperback and as an audio book, read by Kim Mai Guest.

“Only the man who has known freedom
Can define his prison.”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

“If it means my death, I don't care, because even death will be a sort of freedom.”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

“Walls have ears.
Doors have eyes.
Trees have voices.
Beasts tell lies.
Beware the rain.
Beware the snow.
Beware the man
You think you know.
-Songs of Sapphique”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

“Because I have dreams and in those dreams I see the stars”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

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“All my years to this moment
All my roads to this wall.
All my words to this silence
All my pride to this fall.
-Songs of Sapphique”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

“Underground, the stars are legend.”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

“I have walked a stair of swords,
I have worn a coat of scars.
I have vowed with hollow words,
I have lied my way to the stars
-Songs of Sapphique”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

“Despair is deep. An abyss that swallows dreams. A wall at the world's end. Behind it I await death. Because all our work has come to this.”

Catherine Fisher book Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

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