The New York State Library looms as a silent sanctuary of knowledge: a hundred-year-old labyrinth of towering bookcases, narrow aisles, and spiral staircases.
But for Dr Stephen Swain and his eight-year-old daughter Holly it is a place
of nightmare. Because, for just one night, this historic building is to become
the venue for a horrifying contest... a contest in which Swain must compete,
whether he likes it or not.
The rules of the challenge are simple: seven contestants will enter, but only one will leave.
With his daughter in his arms, Stephen Swain is plunged into a terrifying fight
for survival. The stakes are high, the odds are brutal. He can choose to run,
to hide, or to fight - but if he wants to live, he needs to win.
For, in this particular contest, unless you leave as victor, you do not leave at all.