The Knife of Never Letting Go & The New World

Chaos Walking Series

By: Patrick Ness

Narrated by: Humphrey Bower

The Knife of Never Letting Go: Todd Hewitt lives in a town unlike other towns. There are no women, and everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. But one day Todd meets someone who should exist – a girl. Even in a town where privacy is impossible, there is a secret so terrible, the pair must run for their lives. But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought? The New World: In this explosive Chaos Walking short story, best listened to immediately after The Knife of Never Letting Go, discover what happened during Viola’s terrifying voyage to the New World. Find out exactly what happened before Viola and Todd’s first meeting and get exciting hints of things still to come in the award-winning and bestselling trilogy.©2011 Patrick Ness (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing

Critic reviews

'One of the best first sentences I've ever read and a book that lives up to it!' (Frank Cottrell-Boyce)

'Darkly imagined and brilliantly created, the painful dystopian setting of a world full of noise in which all thoughts can be heard as if spoken is the background to this tense coming of age story.' (on The Knife of Never Letting Go) (The Guardian)

'Furiously paced, terrifying, exhilarating and heartbreaking ...' (on The Knife of Never Letting Go) (Sunday Telegraph)