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* AIIsACrapshoot: Incarceron started out okay, but went horribly wrong. [[spoiler: In the end he's calmed via Jared]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Incarceron is calmed down and the masquerade has been broken, but some characters are dead and the Outside is reduced to a wasteland]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Incarceron [[spoiler:Incarceron is calmed down and the masquerade has been broken, but some characters are dead and the Outside is reduced to a wasteland]].
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* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: A heroic example; Jared puts on Sapphique's glove and enters the body Incarceron was trying to use]].
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* [[spoiler: ItWasWithYouAllAlong]]: [[spoiler:ItWasWithYouAllAlong]]: [[spoiler: Claudia had been looking for an entrance to the Prison behind the gate, but found nothing. Only later is it revealed that the Warden keeps it as a charm on his watch.]]
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** [[spoiler: Sapphique's [[spoiler:Sapphique's glove in the sequel.]]
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* MouseWorld: [[spoiler: Incarceron is contained within a cube that the Warden wears, and people enter it by crossing some kind of time-space barrier.]]
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* MouseWorld: [[spoiler: Incarceron [[spoiler:Incarceron is contained within a cube that the Warden wears, and people enter it by crossing some kind of time-space barrier.]]]]
* OneWordTitle: Also ThePlace, because Incarceron is where most of the first book takes place
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* {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s: The Steel Wolves.
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* FutureImperfect: The characters often reference real-life works of fiction (Alice in Wonderland, Moby-Dick, Sleeping Beauty, Scandinavian mythology, etc.), but end up mixing the references together, so that one of the characters believes he's heard a story about someone chasing a white rabbit for forty years and then being swallowed by said rabbit and travelling inside its stomach.
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The sequel and conclusion, ''Sapphique'', reveals greater problems [[spoiler: now that Finn has Escaped and is challenged as crown prince by a remarkably similar boy.]]
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* BodyHorror: The Half-Men.
** Chain-gangs also qualify, being a group of people fused together and sharing a consciousness. They assimilate their victims.
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* BodyHorror: BodyHorror:
** TheHalf-Men.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Incarceron is calmed down and the masquerade has been broken]], broken, but some characters are dead and [[spoiler: the people's way of life Outside is reduced to medieval peasantry]].a wasteland]].
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* MacGuffin: The keys.
** Sapphique's glove in the sequel.
** Sapphique's glove in the sequel.
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* MacGuffin: The keys.
[[spoiler:The keys.]]
** [[spoiler: Sapphique's glove in the sequel.]]
** [[spoiler: Sapphique's glove in the sequel.]]
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* MedievalStasis: A collection of laws, simply known as Protocol, forbid progress in the outside world.
* MouseWorld: [[spoiler: Incarceron is contained within a cube that the Warden wears, and people enter it by shrinking.]]
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* MedievalStasis: A collection of laws, simply known as Protocol, forbid progress in the outside world.
world (although the Era they are trying to emulate is more like the Renaissance or later than the Middle Ages).
* MouseWorld: [[spoiler: Incarceron is contained within a cube that the Warden wears, and people enter it byshrinking.crossing some kind of time-space barrier.]]
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* PollutedWasteland: Several landscapes inside the prison, and [[spoiler: what the outside really is]].
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* PollutedWasteland: Several landscapes inside the prison, and [[spoiler: what the outside Outside really is]].
* PrinceCharmless:Casper.Caspar.
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* CrystalDragonJesus: Sapphique, the only known escapee, is worshiped as a god, known only as "The Nine-Fingered One" to his followers. He gained this nickname [[spoiler:as the result of losing one of his fingers to a beast within the Prison.]]
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* CrystalDragonJesus: Sapphique, who is said to have been the only known escapee, is worshiped as a god, known only as and is sometimes called "The Nine-Fingered One" to by his followers. He gained this nickname [[spoiler:as the result of losing one of his fingers to a beast within the Prison.]]
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* EvilTwin: [[spoiler: The fake Finn]].
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Claudia's father, the Warden of Incarceron, has raised her to succeed him and become the ruler of the world.
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* EvilTwin: [[spoiler: The fake Finn]].
Giles (the Pretender)]].
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Claudia's father, the Warden of Incarceron, has raised her to succeed him and become the ruler of theworld.Realm.
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* GildedCage: It may be open Outside of Incarceron, and the nobility may have a high standard of life, but people are still forced to live as if they were still in a medieval period.
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* GildedCage: It may be open Outside of The Realm at first looks like a perfect place (for the rich at least), but it's actually ruled by a tyrannical elite who enforces Protocol. Just like in Incarceron, and the nobility may have a high standard of life, but people are still forced to live as if they were still in a medieval period. not free.
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* MadeOfIron: A bit literally for Keiro, along with any other Half-Men.
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* TheWallAroundTheWorld: Near the end of the first book, Finn and gang fly a silver airship into the hole what seems to be this. Whether or not it actually was is debatable.
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* HandicappedBadass: Jared's sickness tacks an "invalid" label on him that most everyone agrees upon. It doesn't make him any less of a badass.
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* CrystalDragonJesus: [[spoiler: Sapphique, the only known escapee, is worshiped as a god, known only as "The Nine-Fingered One" to his followers.]] He gained this nickname [[spoiler:as the result of losing one of his fingers to a beast within the Prison.]]
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* CrystalDragonJesus: [[spoiler: Sapphique, the only known escapee, is worshiped as a god, known only as "The Nine-Fingered One" to his followers.]] followers. He gained this nickname [[spoiler:as the result of losing one of his fingers to a beast within the Prison.]]
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* CrystalDragonJesus: [[spoiler: Sapphique, the only known escapee, is worshiped as a god, known only as "The Nine-Fingered One" to his followers.]] [[hottip:*:[[spoiler: He gained this nickname as [[spoiler:as the result of losing one of his fingers to a beast within the Prison.]]]] ]]
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''Incarceron'' is a ScienceFiction (with the feel of, and marketed as {{Fantasy}}) duology by Catherine Fisher. It tells the story of the prison complex known as Incarceron. 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. No one enters, no one escapes — except one boy. Finn is a troubled inmate with vague memories of another life outside the prison.
During a struggle within the prison, Finn finds a crystal key, which he and many others believe may be the key to Incarceron. 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. Claudia claims to live Outside Incarceron, but is doomed to an arranged marriage. 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.
The sequel and conclusion, ''Sapphique'', reveals greater problems [[spoiler: now that Finn has Escaped and is challenged as crown prince by a remarkably similar boy.]]
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!!These books provide examples of:
* ActionGirl: Attia.
* AIIsACrapshoot
* TheAlcatraz: Since the creation of Incarceron, only Sapphique has escaped, although the Warden may come and go as he pleases.
* AntiHero: Finn.
* [[spoiler: BadFuture]]
* BigBad: Queen Sia.
* BiggerBad: While Queen Sia is the main threat in the Realm, the true evil is Incarceron.
* BodyHorror: The Half-Men.
** Chain-gangs also qualify, being a group of people fused together and sharing a consciousness. They assimilate their victims.
* BriarPatching: One of the tales of Sapphique involves him facing off against a giant mechanical wolf that threatens him with many deadly fates, but Sapphique begs above all else, not to be thrown into the lake. Of course, when he is thrown into the lake, he swims to safety.
* ChessMotifs: Barely noticeable in the first book, but emphasized more in Sapphique.
* CommLinks: One of the properties of the keys.
* CosmicPlaything: The prisoners.
* CrystalDragonJesus: [[spoiler: Sapphique, the only known escapee, is worshiped as a god, known only as "The Nine-Fingered One" to his followers.]] [[hottip:*:[[spoiler: He gained this nickname as the result of losing one of his fingers to a beast within the Prison.]]]]
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: Evian when his assassination attempt fails.]]
* {{Dystopia}}: Incarceron became one as it slowly drove its inmates insane.
** Outside could also be considered one, with the way Protocol keeps everyone in an enforced Era.
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* EldritchAbomination: Incarceron itself is pretty much this, albeit created by man.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Claudia's father, the Warden of Incarceron, has raised her to succeed him and become the ruler of the world.
* GeniusLoci: The titular prison.
* GildedCage: It may be open Outside of Incarceron, and the nobility may have a high standard of life, but people are still forced to live as if they were still in a medieval period.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The titular prison.
* [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong]]: [[spoiler: Lord Evian, though "good" [[WellIntentionedExtremist may be a speculative term.]]]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Keiro is a callous CombatPragmatist that everyone but Finn seems to assume will betray them the second it's convenient for him, but he honors his bond with Finn and saves him and Attia several times throughout the books.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: A heroic example; Jared puts on Sapphique's glove and enters the body Incarceron was trying to use]].
* GreatEscape
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: [[spoiler: Before he was put into Incarceron, Finn was a gentle prince. His time in Incarceron changed him a lot, as lampshaded by many.]]
* HannibalLecture: Incarceron is very proficient in this.
* HellholePrison: Incarceron treats its prisoners as playthings to manipulate for its own enjoyment.
* IJustWantToBeHuman: [[spoiler: Incarceron's goal in ''Sapphique''.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Jared.
* [[spoiler: ItWasWithYouAllAlong]]: [[spoiler: Claudia had been looking for an entrance to the Prison behind the gate, but found nothing. Only later is it revealed that the Warden keeps it as a charm on his watch.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Keiro, Finn's oathbrother, can be quite rude, and sometimes even mean, but that doesn't stop him from being a good friend.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Finn. He can't remember his childhood, but recalls vague bits from his past.
* LiteralSurveillanceBug: A creation of Jared's.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Inverted. Claudia is revealed to not be the Warden's daughter; she was born in Incarceron.]]
* MacGuffin: The keys.
** Sapphique's glove in the sequel.
* MedievalStasis: A collection of laws, simply known as Protocol, forbid progress in the outside world.
* MouseWorld: [[spoiler: Incarceron is contained within a cube that the Warden wears, and people enter it by shrinking.]]
* PatchworkMap: Incarceron's wings are varied in climate and what's inside them.
* PollutedWasteland: Several landscapes inside the prison, and [[spoiler: what the outside really is]].
* PrinceCharmless: Casper.
* RebelliousPrincess: Claudia, though she's not a princess yet.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Incarceron's eyes are red.
* ScavengerWorld: Both inside and outside the prison.
* ScienceFantasy: The novel has both fantasy and sci-fi elements.
* ShroudedInMyth: Sapphique.
* SinisterSurveillance: Incarceron's Eyes.
* SlapSlapKiss: Keiro and Attia have this dynamic, though romance is debatable.
* SplitPersonalityMerge: While they were originally separate, at the end [[spoiler: Jared's gentle personality is placed within Incarceron's, calming him]].
* SuperIntelligent: The Sapients, who created Incarceron and now hold all the advanced knowledge of the past before Era.
* ToughLove: Although John Arlex is hard on Claudia and has essentially raised her to become the perfect Queen, he eventually admits that he grew to love her as a true daughter.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Finn had this]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Everyone underestimates Jared.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: At the end of ''Sapphique'', [[spoiler: the holograms and everything that kept the nobility in power]] are broken, and the people can see what the world ''really'' looks like.
* WeatherControlMachine: Incarceron controls its own climate, able to make the temperature unbearably hot or freezing cold.
* {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s: The Steel Wolves.
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Let's face it, a sentient prison is not a good idea. Especially if there is no way out whatsoever.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler: Keiro hates the Half-Men, people with mechanical limbs that were either born with them or "fixed" by Incarceron. It later turns out that Keiro himself is a Half-Man, and one of the reasons he hates them so much is because he was born with it and he's not sure how far the mechanical parts go.]]
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''Incarceron'' is a ScienceFiction (with the feel of, and marketed as {{Fantasy}}) duology by Catherine Fisher. It tells the story of the prison complex known as Incarceron. 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. No one enters, no one escapes — except one boy. Finn is a troubled inmate with vague memories of another life outside the prison.
During a struggle within the prison, Finn finds a crystal key, which he and many others believe may be the key to Incarceron. 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. Claudia claims to live Outside Incarceron, but is doomed to an arranged marriage. 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.
The sequel and conclusion, ''Sapphique'', reveals greater problems [[spoiler: now that Finn has Escaped and is challenged as crown prince by a remarkably similar boy.]]
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!!These books provide examples of:
* ActionGirl: Attia.
* AIIsACrapshoot
* TheAlcatraz: Since the creation of Incarceron, only Sapphique has escaped, although the Warden may come and go as he pleases.
* AntiHero: Finn.
* [[spoiler: BadFuture]]
* BigBad: Queen Sia.
* BiggerBad: While Queen Sia is the main threat in the Realm, the true evil is Incarceron.
* BodyHorror: The Half-Men.
** Chain-gangs also qualify, being a group of people fused together and sharing a consciousness. They assimilate their victims.
* BriarPatching: One of the tales of Sapphique involves him facing off against a giant mechanical wolf that threatens him with many deadly fates, but Sapphique begs above all else, not to be thrown into the lake. Of course, when he is thrown into the lake, he swims to safety.
* ChessMotifs: Barely noticeable in the first book, but emphasized more in Sapphique.
* CommLinks: One of the properties of the keys.
* CosmicPlaything: The prisoners.
* CrystalDragonJesus: [[spoiler: Sapphique, the only known escapee, is worshiped as a god, known only as "The Nine-Fingered One" to his followers.]] [[hottip:*:[[spoiler: He gained this nickname as the result of losing one of his fingers to a beast within the Prison.]]]]
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: Evian when his assassination attempt fails.]]
* {{Dystopia}}: Incarceron became one as it slowly drove its inmates insane.
** Outside could also be considered one, with the way Protocol keeps everyone in an enforced Era.
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* EldritchAbomination: Incarceron itself is pretty much this, albeit created by man.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Claudia's father, the Warden of Incarceron, has raised her to succeed him and become the ruler of the world.
* GeniusLoci: The titular prison.
* GildedCage: It may be open Outside of Incarceron, and the nobility may have a high standard of life, but people are still forced to live as if they were still in a medieval period.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The titular prison.
* [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong]]: [[spoiler: Lord Evian, though "good" [[WellIntentionedExtremist may be a speculative term.]]]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Keiro is a callous CombatPragmatist that everyone but Finn seems to assume will betray them the second it's convenient for him, but he honors his bond with Finn and saves him and Attia several times throughout the books.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: A heroic example; Jared puts on Sapphique's glove and enters the body Incarceron was trying to use]].
* GreatEscape
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: [[spoiler: Before he was put into Incarceron, Finn was a gentle prince. His time in Incarceron changed him a lot, as lampshaded by many.]]
* HannibalLecture: Incarceron is very proficient in this.
* HellholePrison: Incarceron treats its prisoners as playthings to manipulate for its own enjoyment.
* IJustWantToBeHuman: [[spoiler: Incarceron's goal in ''Sapphique''.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Jared.
* [[spoiler: ItWasWithYouAllAlong]]: [[spoiler: Claudia had been looking for an entrance to the Prison behind the gate, but found nothing. Only later is it revealed that the Warden keeps it as a charm on his watch.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Keiro, Finn's oathbrother, can be quite rude, and sometimes even mean, but that doesn't stop him from being a good friend.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Finn. He can't remember his childhood, but recalls vague bits from his past.
* LiteralSurveillanceBug: A creation of Jared's.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Inverted. Claudia is revealed to not be the Warden's daughter; she was born in Incarceron.]]
* MacGuffin: The keys.
** Sapphique's glove in the sequel.
* MedievalStasis: A collection of laws, simply known as Protocol, forbid progress in the outside world.
* MouseWorld: [[spoiler: Incarceron is contained within a cube that the Warden wears, and people enter it by shrinking.]]
* PatchworkMap: Incarceron's wings are varied in climate and what's inside them.
* PollutedWasteland: Several landscapes inside the prison, and [[spoiler: what the outside really is]].
* PrinceCharmless: Casper.
* RebelliousPrincess: Claudia, though she's not a princess yet.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Incarceron's eyes are red.
* ScavengerWorld: Both inside and outside the prison.
* ScienceFantasy: The novel has both fantasy and sci-fi elements.
* ShroudedInMyth: Sapphique.
* SinisterSurveillance: Incarceron's Eyes.
* SlapSlapKiss: Keiro and Attia have this dynamic, though romance is debatable.
* SplitPersonalityMerge: While they were originally separate, at the end [[spoiler: Jared's gentle personality is placed within Incarceron's, calming him]].
* SuperIntelligent: The Sapients, who created Incarceron and now hold all the advanced knowledge of the past before Era.
* ToughLove: Although John Arlex is hard on Claudia and has essentially raised her to become the perfect Queen, he eventually admits that he grew to love her as a true daughter.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Finn had this]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Everyone underestimates Jared.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: At the end of ''Sapphique'', [[spoiler: the holograms and everything that kept the nobility in power]] are broken, and the people can see what the world ''really'' looks like.
* WeatherControlMachine: Incarceron controls its own climate, able to make the temperature unbearably hot or freezing cold.
* {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s: The Steel Wolves.
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Let's face it, a sentient prison is not a good idea. Especially if there is no way out whatsoever.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler: Keiro hates the Half-Men, people with mechanical limbs that were either born with them or "fixed" by Incarceron. It later turns out that Keiro himself is a Half-Man, and one of the reasons he hates them so much is because he was born with it and he's not sure how far the mechanical parts go.]]
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