Patrick Ness

A boy drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. He dies. Then he wakes, naked and bruised and thirsty, but alive. How can this be? And what is this strange deserted place? As he struggles to understand what is happening, the boy dares to hope. Might this not be the end? Might there be more to this life, or perhaps this afterlife? From multi-award-winning Patrick Ness comes one of the most provocative and moving novels of our time.

We were in the square, in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her - But there weren't no safety, no safety at all, there was just him and his men... Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode... "The Ask and the Answer" is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure. This is the second title in the "Chaos Walking" trilogy.

As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Ruthless human leaders prepare to defend their factions at all costs, even as a convoy of new settlers approaches. And as the ceaseless Noise lays all thoughts bare, the projected will of the few threatens to overwhelm the desperate desire of the many. The consequences of each action, each word, are unspeakably vast: To follow a tyrant or a terrorist? To save the life of the one you love most or thousands of strangers? To believe in redemption or assume it is lost? Becoming adults amid the turmoil, Todd and Viola question all they have known, racing through horror and outrage toward a shocking finale.

What if you aren’t the Chosen One? The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions...

Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.

The bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness. Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.

It’s Saturday, it’s summer and, although he doesn’t know it yet, everything in Adam Thorn’s life is going to fall apart. Relationships will change, he’ll change, but maybe, just maybe, he’ll find freedom in the release. Time is running out though, because way across town a ghost as risen from the lake. Searching, yearning, she leaves a trail of destruction in her wake…

The New World is the story of how Viola came to where we found her in The Knife of Never Letting Go. It is best read immediately after that book because there are hints of things to come. (I'm always hinting at things to come; it's fun). - Patrick Ness

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm… Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to. The dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye, though. Sarah can’t help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesn’t have a soul, but who is seemingly intent on keeping her safe. Because the dragon knows something she doesn’t. He has arrived at the farm with a prophecy on his mind. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents in hot pursuit—and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself.

Friendship, masculinity, sex—Anthony Stevenson has a lot of questions. Is it different for boys who like boys? A poignant and frank story filled with meta-humor by renowned author Patrick Ness. Anthony “Ant” Stevenson isn’t sure when he stopped being a virgin. Or even if he has. The rules aren’t always very clear when it comes to boys who like boys. In fact, relationships of all kinds feel complicated, even with Ant’s oldest friends. There’s Charlie, who’s both virulently homophobic and in a secret physical relationship with Ant. Then there’s drama kid Jack, who may be gay and has become the target of Charlie’s rage. And, of course, there’s big, beautiful Freddie, who wants Ant to ditch soccer, Charlie’s sport, and try out for the rugby team instead. Ant’s story of loneliness and intimacy, of unexpected support and heart-ripping betrayal, is told forthrightly with tongue-in-cheek black-bar redactions over the language that teenagers would actually use if, you know, they weren’t in a story. Award-winning author Patrick Ness explores teen sexuality, friendship, and romance with a deft hand in this structurally daring, illustrated short novel.

With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt, fighting in the ongoing war against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the Abyss, they expect to find easy prey. Instead, they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself... As their relentless Captain leads the chase, they embark on a final, vengeful hunt, one that will forever change the worlds of both whales and men.

The extraordinary happens every day... One night, George Duncan--decent man, a good man--is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is transformed. The next day, a kind but enigmatic woman walks into George's shop. Suddenly a new world opens up for George, and one night she starts to tell him the most extraordinary story. Wise, romantic, magical and funny, The Crane Wife is a hymn to the creative imagination and a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love.

The Wide, Wide Sea is set in the past, at a time before the Spackle War, and we get a first look at the fishing village on the sea where some very important things happen at the end of Monsters of Men. Best read after The Ask and the Answer but before Monsters. (again, hints of things to come) - Patrick Ness

Snowscape is set after the end of Monsters of Men, so that’s when you should read it. That’s all I’ll say, I don’t want to give anything away. ;-) - Patrick Ness

The award-winning Chaos Walking trilogy—consisting of The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, and Monsters of Men—is now available in its entirety in this e-book collection!

From the best-selling author of A Monster Calls, this funny, wise middle-grade series explodes every stereotype—including what it means to be a hero—in a brilliant reptilian take on surviving school. When Principal Wombat makes monitor lizards Zeke, Daniel, and Alicia hall monitors, Zeke gives up on popularity at his new school. Brought in as part of a district blending program, the monitor lizards were mostly ignored before. Reptiles aren’t bullied any more than other students, but they do stick out among zebras, ostriches, and elk. Why would Principal Wombat make them hall monitors? Alicia explains that it’s because mammals are afraid of being yelled (hissed) at by reptiles. The principal’s just a good general, deploying her resources. Zeke balks, until he gets on the wrong side of Pelicarnassus. More than a bully, the pelican is a famed international supervillain—at least when his mother isn’t looking. Maybe the halls are a war zone, and the school needs a hero. Too bad it isn’t . . . Zeke. Smart, relatable, and densely illustrated in black and white for graphic appeal, this middle-grade series debut by a revered author returns to his themes of grief, bullying, and negotiating differences—but with zeal and comic relief to spare.

El monstruo apareció justo después de la medianoche. Pero no era el que Conor había estado esperando, el de la pesadilla que ha estado soñando todas las noches desde que su madre comenzó con el tratamiento. El de la oscuridad y el viento y el grito… Ese monstruo del jardín es diferente. Antiguo, salvaje. Y quiere de Conor algo terrible y peligroso. Quiere la verdad.

¿Qué pasaría si no fueras el Elegido? ¿El que se supone que tiene que luchar contra zombies o contra los fantasmas come-almas o con lo que quiera que sea esto, contra las luces azules y la muerte? ¿Qué pasaría si fueras como Mike? Él solo quiere graduarse e ir al baile de fin de curso, y quizás conseguir el valor suficiente para pedirle salir a Henna antes de que alguien haga saltar el instituto por los aires. Otra vez. ¿Y qué pasaría si hubiera problemas más importantes para ti que el fin del mundo? ¿Y si solo tuvieras que encontrar lo extraordinario en tu vida normal? Incluso aunque tu mejor amigo sea el Dios de los Pumas... Esta nueva novela de Patrick Ness es descarada, irreverente y desternillante, y nos recuerda que todos tenemos algo extraordinario en nuestras vidas.

Welcome to the seaside metropolis of Hennington, where a mysterious herd of rhinoceros have wandered city-streets for so long they've become a civic feature, where the current Mayor first met her husband on a nude beach, and where Jon Noth has returned after four decades to reclaim a lost love - the Mayor.

Das Monster erscheint sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht. Aber es ist nicht das Monster, das Conor fürchtet. Was er eigentlich fürchtet, ist jener monströse Albtraum, der ihn jede Nacht quält, seit seine Mutter ihre Behandlung begann. Dieser Traum, in dessen Herzen tiefstes Dunkel herrscht und wo im Abgrund ein Albtraumwesen lauert, bis dann ein Schrei die Nacht zerreißt … Das Monster aber, das scheinbar im Garten hinter Conors Haus lebt, verkörpert etwas völlig anderes. Es ist uralt, wild und weise – es ist das Leben selbst. Und es ist gekommen, um Conor zu helfen. Doch auf welchen Weg Conor sich mit seinem gigantischen Freund begeben wird, ahnt er nicht. Er wird ihn hinab in die tiefsten Tiefen seiner Seele führen, er wird ihn in seinen Albtraum begleiten und dann wird er ihm das Gefährlichste überhaupt abverlangen: die ganze Wahrheit. Denn nur wenn Conor sich dieser stellt, wird er das wahre Wesen des Lebens erkennen …

Todd og hunden Manchee lever i byen Prentiss. Alle kvinner, også moren, har dødd av et virus. Alle levende vesener kan høre hverandres tanker i en strøm av bilder, ord og lyder, kalt Støy. Det finnes ingen hemmeligheter. Ingenting som kan holdes skjult. En måned før bursdagen som vil føre ham inn i de voksnes rekker, snubler Todd plutselig over et område der stillheten er absolutt. Ingen ord. Ingen Støy. Noe som ikke er mulig. Og for å holde seg i live må han legge på flukt ... inn i en verden han ikke ante fantes.

El comienzo de la aclamada trilogía en que se basa la superproducción Chaos Walking. Del novelista de Un monstruo viene a verme. Prentisstown no es como el resto de ciudades. Desde que sus habitantes se infectaron con el germen pueden escuchar los pensamientos de la gente de su alrededor en un Ruido constante y abrumador. No existe la privacidad. No hay secretos. Todd Hewitt es el único adolescente en esta ciudad de hombres. Este nunca ha sido su lugar. Jamás ha encajado. Hasta que por casualidad encuentra un sitio en completo silencio. Algo imposible. Un terrible secreto. Y ahora va a tener que escapar antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Alternate cover edition for ISBN: 978-8416588763 For previous cover edition see here