He is uncomfortable in the stuffy world of royal politics and misses Keiro.Ĭlaudia, Giles’ intended and the daughter of Incarceron’s warden, and Jared, Claudia’s tutor, want Finn to become king and put an end to Protocol.

But Finn has few memories of his life before Incarceron and cannot prove that he is the prince. Finn has spent his two months in the Realm coming to terms with the idea that he is Prince Giles, the heir. The Realm lives under strict rules known as Protocol, which keep the people from using technology. The world outside Incarceron is known as the Realm. Attia discovered earlier that Rix keeps the real glove in a pouch around his neck, so she takes the glove and rides off with Keiro. She escapes with Rix but is stopped by Keiro, whom Attia has been working with. During that night’s show, the villagers attack Rix and try to take the glove.Īttia realizes that the villagers have the plague. The troupe moves on to a village in a frozen wing of the prison. The prison tells her that it will soon see the stars, but stars are only found in the Realm. While the thug is wearing the glove, Incarceron, the living prison, uses the thug to write a message to Attia.

After he puts on the glove and his hand begins to burn, Attia discovers that the glove was fake and filled with acid. Rix begs their leader not to take the glove, telling him it’s only a prop, but the leader ignores him. As the troupe travels to another town, thieves set upon them. She joins Rix’s show, hoping to find the glove. Rix claims to have Sapphique’s glove, a magical object that Attia hopes will help her escape. Rix is known by his stage name, the Dark Enchanter. She follows leads about Sapphique, the only person to ever escape Incarceron before Finn, but only finds a sideshow run by a man named Rix. Believing Finn went back on his promise, Attia has been searching for a way out of Incarceron. Finn left behind his friend Keiro and a slave girl he rescued, Attia.įinn promised Attia and Keiro he would return for them. A prisoner named Finn has escaped from Incarceron, a mechanical prison that has become a living entity.

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