The Knife of Never Letting Go

A decade after its release, the astonishing opener to Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy still resonates.

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 can 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 that Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, ...