The startling second novel from the critically lauded author of RUPTURE. Henry has dedicated his life to the prison service, but he is unprepared for the challenge his new and secret assignment brings, managing a government facility hidden deep in the countryside. Tom, a precocious but naive journalist, has his own problems when Julia seeks his help in finding her estranged husband. The authorities admit they have taken him but will not say where he is being held - or why.