# The Detainee

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- Book: [The Detainee](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-liney/the-detainee) ([The Detainee.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-liney/the-detainee.md))
- Authors: [Peter Liney](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-liney)
- Publisher: arcadia
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8206-034-5
- Published: 2013-07-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## 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