Green River Rising by Tim Willocks
Green River Rising (1994) by Tim Willocks What if the warden of a huge Texas penitentiary were to go insane and not only incite a riot, but keep its existence hidden from governing authorities in an attempt to allow it to escalate and run its course in order to cleanse itself? And what if an unjustly convicted man, who is set to be released the next day after the riot begins, suddenly finds himself trapped inside? And what if that innocent man’s love interest is in the prison’s infirmary and no one knows she’s there as the worst criminal elements in that prison population do everything possible to break into that infirmary to kill its dying patients and have their way with her? Green River Rising is a genuine epic in every sense of the word. Despite a single setting and a palpable sense of claustrophobia, the intertwining stories of the inmates and how they each factor int...