Review: Black Rock Prison
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2012
The listed description made me want to read this novel to find out more.  But during the story none of the followng is determined - 'The inmates soon will discover that they are not normal people, nor have they been imprisoned there by chance. The sentences awaiting them will be carried out in the shadow of a sinister threat. It isn't long before they find out that much more than their own lives is riding on solving the mystery of Black Rock.'Part of the story focuses on Kevin Peyton, who works in a funeral home, and the events leading up to his wrongful conviction for murder. I was disappointed to find that the bus with him and several other convicts only arrives at Black Rock prison at the end of the book due to the amount of intervening side stories.  The authors note shows that this story was written as a TV series promo and I feel it is meant to wet your appetite for more which I'm sure it would do on screen with weekly episodes but as a book it just doesn't work.  Unfortunately by the end, there are a lot of loose ends still waiting to be explained, such as the young blonde boy and his giant dog, the guy with the eye disorder and the witness protection infiltration and of course the answers to the above which I assume will be explained in future titles.  I'm glad it was free because after reading the book it definitley wasn't as described. I won't be pursuing this series further.