This series is about a kid who is framed for murder and sent to a prison miles under the surface. This prison is guarded by huge deformed hounds and huge guards. Now after Alex's second failed escape attempt he's turned into the thing he despises the most, a guard of furnace called a blacksuit. The picture to the left is how I imagine they look after muscles are jammed under their skin and they're stitched back up, their eyes turned silver to see in the dark, and pumped full of nectar. The nectar is a black liquid that strips him of everything human and makes him into a hulking killing machine. He resists remembering what his friend Simon who emerged with himself still intact said, "Remember your name."
This book explores what it takes to become a monster. Alex is strapped down being pumped full of nectar and forced to watch a video depicting savage murders between animals at first then people. He thinks "If there's nothing left of you but darkness, how can you not become a monster (58)? He begins to lose the battle for control over his body and mind. Even the strongest of will give in when all hope is lost. He begins to rethink his feeling
s on humanity and the way he see's the weak.
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