The Penal Colony The Penal Colony

The Penal Colony

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Publisher Description

It is 1997. The British government now runs island prison colonies to take dangerous offenders from its overcrowded mainland jails.

Among all these colonies, Sert, 25 miles off the north Cornish coast, has the worst reputation. There are no warders. Satellite technology is used to keep the convicts under watch. New arrivals are dumped by helicopter and must learn to survive as best they can. To Sert, one afternoon in July, is brought Anthony John Routledge, sentenced for a sex-murder he did not commit. Routledge knows he is here for ever. And he knows he must quickly forget the rules of civilized life. But not all the islanders are savages. Under the charismatic leadership of one man a community has evolved. A community with harsh and unyielding rules, peopled by resourceful men for whom the hopeless dream of escape may not be so hopeless after all ...

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2010
February 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
415
Pages
PUBLISHER
Richard Herley
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
516.5
KB

Customer Reviews

Bcftlobaw ,

Great book.

Creates a moral conflict within ones self that is pleasantly discovered. Not just entertaining, but truely thought provoking. It seams that true rehabilitation may only begin when one discovers they have lost much more than their freedom.

Luceagain ,

Wow

I loved this book! 5 stars and worth every penny. This is a tale of survival, of connection, of becoming human. A great post-apocalyptic type read. Well-edited, well-told, this was a great story and I can’t wait to read another by Richard Herley.

happy to find you ,

The Penal Colony

really enjoyed you work, will be reading more of your books.

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