Escape from Asylum

About “Escape from Asylum”

Rick Desmond struggles with anger management, but he believes he can handle it. His parents have threatened to have him committed before, but they never followed through—until 1968, when he is sent to Brookline Asylum. Warden Crawford and his nurses speak of a Patient Zero, the first test subject, but the identity of this patient remains unknown. As Ricky becomes more aware of the asylum’s dark secrets, he hears a rattling heartbeat and a scream in the night. Whispers suggest that the Warden’s treatments are dangerous. Ricky realizes he must escape before the asylum takes his life and his sanity. The novel, written by Madeleine Roux in 2016, follows Ricky’s journey through a terrifying and mysterious place.