The thrilling first book in the globally bestselling Chaos Walking trilogy by multi-award-winning author Patrick Ness. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Booktrust Teenage Prize. Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in a constant, overwhelming Noise. There is no privacy. There are no secrets. Then Todd Hewitt unexpectedly stumbles on a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. And now he's going to have to run… "Ness doesn't just tell stories - he illuminates the human heart." - Cassandra Clare "A masterpiece of speculative fiction" - Neal Shusterman "A touchstone for powerful young adult literature. Inventive, gut-wrenching, and all-consuming, this is an unforgettable coming-of-age reading experience." - Chloe Gong "An epic journey through both a science-fiction world of extraordinary imagination and an emotional landscape of gripping intensity." - Adrian Tchaikovsky "Intelligent, compelling and utterly devastating, Chaos Walking is one of the seminal YA series of this century." - Juno Dawson