Monsters of Men: With Bonus Short Story

· Chaos Walking Book 3 · RB Media · Narrated by Michael Crouch, Sarah Ovens, and Robb Moreira
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About this audiobook

Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction (Short-listed) • The Carnegie Medal (Winner) • Costa Book Award (Short-listed) • Goodreads Choice Award (Long-listed) • West Australian Young Readers' Book Award–Older Readers (Short-listed)

 

“This is science fiction at its best, and is a singular fusion of brutality and idealism that is, at last, perfectly human.”—Booklist (starred review)

 

As a world-ending war surges 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.

 

Includes a bonus short story and sound effects throughout.

Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction (Short-listed) • The Carnegie Medal (Winner) • Costa Book Award (Short-listed) • Goodreads Choice Award (Long-listed) • West Australian Young Readers' Book Award–Older Readers (Short-listed) “This is science fiction at its best, and is a singular fusio...

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About the author

Patrick Ness was born on October 17, 1971 near Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He studied English Literature and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He was a corporate writer before moving to London in 1999. He taught creative writing at Oxford University and is a literary critic and reviewer for the Guardian and other major newspapers. He is the author of eight novels including The Rest of Us Just Live Here and a short story collection entitled Topics About Which I Know Nothing. His young adult novels include the Chaos Walking trilogy, More Than This, and Monsters of Men, which won the Carnegie Medal. A Monster Calls won the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration, the Carnegie Medal, and was made into a movie and released in October 2016.
Patrick Ness was born on October 17, 1971 near Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He studied English Literature and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He was a corporate writer before moving to London in 1999. He taught creative writing at Oxford University and is a literary critic and ...

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