# The Detainee

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- Authors: [Peter Liney](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-liney)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2013-07-04

## Description

'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 There is no point trying to run. There is no point trying to escape. The island means the end of all hope, until Clancy finds 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 Clancy finds a blind woman living in a secret underground warren and discovers a reason to fight . . . 'Impressively dark' - Financial Times

## Editions

### The Detainee

- Publisher: arcadia
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-18-4866-875-1
- Published: 2014-07-03
- Language: en_GB

### The Detainee

- Publisher: arcadia
- ISBN: 978-17-8206-035-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2014-07-03
- Language: en_GB

### The Detainee

- Publisher: arcadia
- ISBN: 978-17-8206-032-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2013-07-04
- Language: en_GB

### The Detainee

- Publisher: arcadia
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8206-034-5
- Published: 2013-07-04
- Language: en_GB