The Facility
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- 4,99 €
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- 4,99 €
Publisher Description
Henry Graves has dedicated his life to the prison service, but he is unprepared for the challenge his new and secret assignment brings. Tasked with managing a government facility hidden deep in the countryside, Henry finds himself tested as never before: by the confused and frightened prisoners, by the sinister Dr Silk and, above all, by his conscience.
Tom Clarke, a precocious but naive journalist, has his own problems meanwhile. His career – and his life – is turned upside down by the arrival of Julia Priestley, who seeks his help in finding her estranged husband, Arthur, an innocent dentist who has been arrested under severe new anti-terrorism legislation. The authorities admit they have taken him but will not say where he is being held – or why.
Discovering a trail that implicates those at the very top of government, Tom and Julia begin a quest to find Arthur, and the truth about his incarceration. But some people will stop at nothing to keep the facility’s secret hidden, and soon the couple find themselves fighting for their lives . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lelic (The Child Who) considers whether and how the state's power should be limited in a chilling look at a near-future Britain. When dentist Arthur Priestley winds up in a cell in a strange facility after two men who refuse to identify themselves harshly interrogate him, Priestley's estranged wife, Julia, asks Tom Clarke, a journalist for an online libertarian news site, to investigate her husband's arrest. Clarke discovers that his government sources, who should know what's going on, won't tell him anything. The reporter also finds out that Priestley is but one of many white male professionals who have gone missing. With the government using antiterror legislation to carry out the mysterious policy that led to Priestley's incarceration, Clarke and Julia have an uphill battle to learn the truth. Lelic's lean prose and intelligent approach to a controversial issue produce a riveting read.
