The accolades keep rolling in for G.M. Ford, whose gritty, explosive, lightning-fast brand of thriller has placed him in the upper ranks of contemporary crime fiction authors. Now, in his most relentlessly exciting novel to date, Ford's dark and complex protagonist, Frank Corso, finds himself drawn into a bizarre carnival of blood and death in the last place any sane person would willingly go. Arizona's Meza Azul penitentiary is inescapable, yet one prisoner has manag ed to breach security, set loose other inmates, and take control of the facility. And one hostage will die every 6 hours until Timothy Driver gets what he wants: Frank Corso. Can Corso escape his captors before disaster strikes?