Before, during and after life in the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana; journey through a life that ends inside the compound of the United States' federal death house and live out years of isolation in the maximum security prison next door, which is the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana; the 'Gladiator School' of days gone by. Use this story to survive the years of violence inside and escape to freedom in the security of a novel full of hope and struggle. End in a love story after years of trials by fire.