
The two engage in a duel, but Finn misses his stab for the imposter's heart.įinn and Claudia run away to the wardenry, which acts as a portal into Incarceron. The two are called before a council in order to determine who is actually Giles, where the council decides that the pretender is actually Giles and that Finn is to be executed for lying, despite Finn being the true Giles. Following this, another person claims that they are Giles. He has flashes of memories but is unable to entirely remember. In The Realm, Finn is told by Claudia that he was originally Giles, a prince thought dead. Doing so, however, will leave the millions of prisoners inside to die. wants to escape itself in order to see the stars. While traveling to this location, they encounter a nursery that allows them to contact Finn. running Incarceron to go to a location that contains a humanoid shell for the A.I. She then travels with Kerio, Finn's Oath Brother.ĭuring this journey, the duo fight a twelve-headed monster. She originally became his assistant in order to acquire his glove, having previously belonged to Sapphique, the legendary Sapient who escaped from Incarceron. She follows him on his tour before turning on him, leaving him to die, although he does survive. She acts as the assistant to a magician named the Dark Enchanter, whose real name is "Rix".

The story starts off with Attia, who helped Finn while unable to escape herself.

Finn, who escaped from Incarceron, believes The Realm is little different from Incarceron. There is little advanced technology in The Realm, as the rulers of The Realm set humanity back to the 17th century. The setting of Sapphique is divided between two main locations: "The Realm", a place of artificial harmony, and "Incarceron", a microscopic prison that contains a vast world, all controlled and monitored by an artificial intelligence. Sapphique is also the name of the legendary prisoner who journeyed to escape. Sapphique was released in the US in December, 2010. It is the sequel to Incarceron and concludes the story of Finn's quest for freedom.

Sapphique ( / s æ ˈ f iː k/ saf- EEK ) is a young-adult fantasy and science fiction novel written by Catherine Fisher, first published in 2008 in the UK.
