Betrayal of Innocence

About the Book

BETRAYAL OF INNOCENCE is fiction based on fact. The author’s experiences within Arizona’s maximum facility prisons are given a dose of steroids and delivered with certain convict morality. A morality that has tenets in “The Art of War”, or better, “The Prince”. If one wishes to survive prison, then both this book and the author’s biography are welcome reads. However, in “The Cork”, a fictional representation of Arizona’s “Central Unit” in Florence, Arizona, there indeed exists a twisted world. Karma is a fact of life in prison, whether you’ve stored good deeds or not in a previous life. Any action or reaction must be carefully weighed among convicts who’ve killed over a pack of camel-nons (as in non-filters), or for less. However, this a novel, and the story begins with an innocent Brock MacCool being sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the toughest prison in the State of Arizona. And this world is better lived vicariously through this book, for none would dare venture to commit a crime should they read this well-written account. I daresay account, because of the author’s claims within his previous work. Yet, no matter the true bearing of either story, they are presented with entertainment and literary value. However, one gets the feeling of abrasive tension, between GP Convicts and PC Inmates (General Population & Protective Custody). The latter consists mainly of child-molesters and sex-offenders, or worse, while the former consists of “respectable criminals” or proven convicts and gangsters. As Brock fights against a system stacked against his innocence – even as a videotape proves his case later – he must simply survive, and in doing so, the morality of civilian life must be thrown out, or his life extinguished. In a “what comes around goes around” mentality, this book cinches comeuppances with blood, fever, death, and ultimately victory. The appeal of this book is not only its fear invoking realism (i.e. “ARE THERE ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS WAY IN OUR SOCIETY?”), but also the additional pleasure of not being able to stop wondering how it will end. A welcome read by a new author, despite the shoddy editing by a division of Random House, no less.

About the Author

K. L. Guillen has walked the walk in The Grinder, now he's pulled the covers off a rogue industry that is imprisoning the citizens that pay for it. And he knows well its truths...