Monsters of Men: With Bonus Short Story

By Patrick Ness

Book Overview

"Harrowing, heartbreaking, and brutally human . . . a masterpiece of speculative fiction and social commentary." --Neal Shusterman, New York Times best-selling author of the Arc of a Scythe trilogy

The international bestseller and masterpiece of science fiction

As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face unspeakably vast consequences of each action, each word, each monstrous decision. The indigenous Spackle are mobilizing to avenge their murdered kin, ruthless human leaders are defending their factions, and a convoy of new settlers is approaching. All the while, the ceaseless Noise continues laying all thoughts bare--and the projected will of the few threatens to overwhelm the desperate desire of the many.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763676195
• ISBN13: 9780763676193
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Thrilling, Page-Turner, Heartbreaking (Don’t read this review if you haven’t read the first 2)

Final book of the Chaos Walking trilogy! Starts off where The Ask and The Answer ends. As the ships in the orbit of the New World prepare to land, there is chaos everywhere as war makes monsters of men;). Mayor Prentiss has declared war against the Spackle. Todd and Viola have to fight to find each other again. Will everyone make it out alive? *12 and older should read these books*