Synopsis

As the prison doors close behind her, Brooke Sullivan feels she has made a mistake. She took a job at a maximum-security prison because it was her last chance, but now, trapped between dark hallways and lifeless-eyed guards, she wonders if she will survive the year she signed on for. Something doesn’t add up. The previous nurse disappeared under suspicious circumstances. And the inmates... some seem harmless, but others watch her like predators stalking their prey. Will she get out before it’s too late?

First Part: Behind Bars

The steel doors slam shut behind Brooke Sullivan with a harsh clang that echoes in her chest. There is no turning back.

A stone-faced guard escorts her through the flickering-lit hallways. The air is thick, heavy with the stench of disinfectant and stale sweat. Metal bars line both sides, like the teeth of a mechanical beast ready to devour her.

—Welcome to hell —the guard growls without looking at her.

Brooke clutches her bag against her chest and takes a deep breath. She shouldn't be here. She never wanted this job. But after what happened in New York, she had no other options. And when the offer came— a one-year contract as a nurse at Raker Maximum Security Prison— she couldn’t afford to say no.

—Name.