Incarceron

Incarceron — a futuristic prison sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology — a living building that pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character — and a medieval torture chamber: chains, great halls, dungeons. A young prisoner, Finn, has haunting visions of an earlier life and cannot believe he was born here and has always been here. In the outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison: a futuristic world constructed to resemble a past era, and an imminent marriage she dreads. She knows nothing of Incarceron except that it exists. Then Finn, inside Incarceron, and Claudia, outside, simultaneously find a device — a crystal key through which they can talk to each other. Thus the plan for Finn's escape is born.