The darkness continues to manipulate kids and events throughout the book. I particularly enjoyed reading the good side of Dianna, as it added depth to her character.Īs Lies continues some of the kids are start to get ill, knocking some of the kids with powers out of play at vital moments. Caine, Dianna and his followers steal a boat to head to an island which holds the promise of food. The last straw for Caine is eating a dead kid. Meanwhile Caine and his followers have become desperate. The council decide to spread the lie that Orsay is making up her ability to reach kid’s parents on the outside of the dome. Orsay gets a protecter called Nerezza, a weird kid that nobody seems to have seen before. She also claims to be able to predict the future. Orsay becomes a self-proclaimed Prophetess, claiming that she can see into parents dreams outside of the barrier. Sam goes AWOL emotionally traumatised at the thought that Drake, who tortured him, may have returned to the land of the living. Sam is frustrated at the council’s lack of decision and action about the Human Crew’s antics. Kids start to report sightings of a Drake, the boy with the whip hand who died in Hunger.
Mother Mary struggles with the responsibility of the daycare, her mental health and her upcoming fifteenth birthday.īrittney comes back to life and digs her way out of her grave. Zil and his human crew continue their campaign against kids with powers, leading them to set a massive fire that threatens to destroy all of Perdido Beach.Īlbert continues quietly with his Alberto currency and running the market. In Perdido Beach, Sam and Astrid aren’t getting on. Kids are trapped in a Dome and without any adults. The second book was Hunger, which I reviewed here. The first book was Gone, which I have reviewed here. “Disturbing, brilliantly plotted, and boasting a balanced mix of action and scheming.Lies is the third book in the Gone Series. But are they desperate enough to believe that death will set them free? Conditions are worse than ever and kids are desperate to get out.
They say that death is a way to escape the FAYZ. And all the while deadly rumors are raging like the fire itself, spread by the prophetess Orsay and her companion, Nerezza. Sam and Caine defeated him along with the Darkness-or so they thought.Īs Perdido Beach burns, battles rage: Astrid against the Town Council the Human Crew versus the mutants and Sam against Drake, who is back from the dead and ready to finish where he and Sam left off. A girl who died now walks among the living Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach, and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most: Drake. It's been seven months since all the adults disappeared. The third book in Michael Grant's New York Times bestselling Gone series, Lies is another heart-in-your-throat page-turner, both chilling and thought-provoking.
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