Haley Haledjian leads a miserable existence. Made a widow before she even took her wedding vows, she's abandoned all hopes of romance and has dedicated her life to taking care of the neglected inmates of the Cryptese prison system.Enter Daniel Lowes. The brave American once had a promising career as a firefighter, but an injury and a subsequent painkiller addiction changed all that. Sentenced to fifteen months in Haledjian's prison for opiate possession, he's heard all of the rumors concerning prisons in his adopted home country, and just wants to make it out unscathed.What Lowes forgot to tell the authorities was that he knows Haledjian personally; in fact, they used to be very close. Now, he's vowed to fight for her life as well as his own as they battle Lowes' fellow inmates for control of the North Cryptesia Penitentiary.The riot is on, the hostages are many...and the chance that both Lowes and Haledjian will make it out alive grows dimmer by the minute.
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