

Bittersweet Ending: Incarceron is calmed down and the masquerade has been broken, but some characters are dead and the Outside is reduced to a wasteland.Become a Real Boy: Incarceron's goal in Sapphique is to acquire a human body.Bad Future The Reveal near the end of Book 1.

Artistic License – History: In-universe not everyone is terribly good at maintaining Era, and Jared notes upon watching a game of croquet (from the mid-1800s, when they seem to be aiming for the 1700s at the latest) that Queen Sia cherrypicks whatever she likes best rather than going for accuracy.The motif is not always used positively, though: the Pretender's eagle mask underscores his usurpation, Incarceron threatens its prisoners with the metaphor of Prometheus eaten by the eagle, and "bird with a broken wing" is used for the Maestra's death. Jared's blue feathers show up multiple times in Sapphique, and Sapphique is almost always represented winged. The Havaarna inheritance is symbolized by an eagle, and the Wardenry by a swan. Animal Motifs: Birds, in keeping with the freedom theme.The Alcatraz: Since the creation of Incarceron, only Sapphique has escaped, although the Warden may come and go as he pleases.Is a Crapshoot: Incarceron started out okay, but went horribly wrong. The sequel and conclusion, Sapphique, reveals greater problems now that Finn has Escaped and is challenged as crown prince by a remarkably similar boy.

With help from Claudia and from visions of the legendary Sapphique, Finn is determined to unlock the mysteries of his past and perhaps escape from Incarceron. Claudia claims to live Outside Incarceron, but is doomed to an arranged marriage. He soon discovers that the key has another purpose through the key, which turns out to function as a communication device, he meets a girl named Claudia. Finn is a troubled inmate with vague memories of another life outside the prison.ĭuring a struggle within the prison, Finn finds a crystal key, which he and many others believe may be the key to Incarceron. No one enters, no one escapes - except one boy.

Incarceron is infinite, inescapable, and to top it off, it's a malevolent sentient being hell-bent on forever confining the thousands of inmates inside it. It tells the story of the prison complex known as Incarceron. Incarceron is a Science Fiction (with the feel of, and marketed as Fantasy) duology by Catherine Fisher.
