# 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: audio
- ISBN: 978-18-4866-875-1
- Published: 2014-07-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

When the fog comes down and the drums start to beat, the inhabitants of the island tremble: for 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 escape, for 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. (P)2014 WF Howes Ltd