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Those with none will starve in squalor and disease. And those who try to escape will suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of the gaol's rutheless governor and his cronies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trouble is, Tom Hawkins has never been good at following rules - even simple ones. And the recent grisly murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought further terror to the gaol. While the Captain's beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way: to the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome call Fleet a devil, a man to avoid at all costs. But Tom Hawkins is sharing his cell. 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