As mentioned briefly in another Brussolo, this "absolute security" is great, flatly, reach us feel paranoia in one of his character (the architect Ernst Julius Noman, "specialized" as computer and home automation): the prison model that this man (which is insane, because of the murder of his wife), has designed is both ingenious and monstrous: this is explained in great length in the second part of the novel. Each is "ruled" by Noman which introduces a pc crimes committed and that everyone has the sum of its crimes: assaults, lies, drugs and, of course rape and / or murder are converted by the aforementioned PC penalty units serving and what makes the excruciating pain (no one is tortured, they have the taste without food, water and NOTHING to pass the time (no clocks or watches) is that to lower your total of "units" to serve, take in hand a kind of handle of airliner, but each end subjected to an unbearable voltage: the "hero" Caine saw his total sentence to be served: fall 4567 ONE !! This unit is, it should during 4567 days grasp this terrible machine except that after a few weeks, those who took this risk became "vegetables"; this gives you the tone the novel where the architect Noman (now hyper paranoid since the assassination of his wife) has only one obsession: safety at any cost and you will see throughout this book that this obsession gives you goosebumps . It is a terrifying novel, for those who like the genre, you will be served !! A big, very big Brussolo with "those from below", "Dormitory 13" "The harmful" and "Hell is what floor" !! RickN