A high-school shooting costs four students their lives, and 15-year-old
Ethan Chiles his future. Now he's got 50 years of hard time to look forward to.
Something powerful has been growing within Ethan, and on the day of his
sentencing, it escapes at last. It will change a life that has already been
completely changed. It will follow him into the savage environment of a maximum
security prison, where each day is a struggle for survival. Will it be a source
of massive power, a chance at redemption, or the cruelest of curses?
In this second Hard Time collection, Ethan leaves solitary
confinement and rejoins the prison's general population. But can his strange
power keep him and his few friends alive?

Illustrated by: Brian Hurtt