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    Lies

    Written by Michael Grant

    Narrated by Kyle McCarley

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    It's been seven months since all the adults disappeared. Gone.

    It happens in one night. 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. But Drake is dead. Sam and Caine defeated him along with the Darkness-or so they thought.

    As 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. And all the while deadly rumors are raging like the fire itself, spread by the prophetess Orsay and her companion, Nerezza. They say that death is a way to escape the FAYZ. Conditions are worse than ever, and kids are desperate to get out. But are they desperate enough to believe that death will set them free?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 27, 2016
    ISBN9781515982432
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    Michael Grant

    Michael Grant, author of the Gone series, the Messenger of Fear series, the Magnificent Twelve series, and the Front Lines trilogy, has spent much of his life on the move. Raised in a military family, he attended ten schools in five states, as well as three schools in France. Even as an adult he kept moving, and in fact he became a writer in part because it was one of the few jobs that wouldn’t tie him down. His fondest dream is to spend a year circumnavigating the globe and visiting every continent. Yes, even Antarctica. He lives in California with his wife, Katherine Applegate, with whom he cowrote the wildly popular Animorphs series. You can visit him online at www.themichaelgrant.com and follow him on Twitter @MichaelGrantBks.

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    • 5/5
      Amazing just like the first. Can’t wait to start the next
    • 4/5
      I don't think folks are generally going to look to a review of the third book in a six-book series to help them decide whether or not to give the series as a whole a try, but in case you are that person who really wants to know if their investment is going to pay off: I can't speak for the rest, but so far this has been my favourite of the series. The elements of the preceding books -- the social unrest and horror in these kids' lives, the relationships they've developed, the new abilities they possess, and how the Big Bad factors into and manipulates all of these things -- all reach a sort of equilibrium that serves to tell a very solid and affecting story.

      I'm not the first person to compare this series to Lord of the Flies meets X-Men with a dash of Stephan King horror stylings. I've wondered about it being written for teenagers, not because of the gore (my tolerance for gore is pretty much the same as it was when I was a teenager, which is fairly high) but because of the brutality of the characters. (I'm not necessarily equating brutality with violence, though that's part of it; even the least violent characters have a certain unflinching aspect to how they're depicted.) By the rules of the world, no one is over 15 years old when the series starts, and by the time we reach this book only 7 months have passed. Yet it never gives any quarter to the idea that children have an inherent innocence to them -- more naive, perhaps, or less experienced, but ultimately functioning as people, capable of good and evil. And not storybook good and evil. This the more mundane evil that exists in our world and in ourselves, the kind that's ugly and hard to look at, and the kind of good that can be hard to distinguish.

      As a teenager, it wouldn't have shocked me to read this book -- because I knew myself to be a real person and what those my age were capable of, because I was immersed in it as a matter of course and that was my frame of reference. As an adult, however, it takes me aback to see this depiction of kids, because I would only expect it in an adult novel. Lord of the Flies is not a kids book, really. It's too open to the adult gaze. It's a story that points at children and says, look how awful these creatures are. They're just like us. Can you believe it? Gone, however, is for the kids it's depicting, and it says to them, you're just like us, and we're not afraid to look at you. Who you are now, what you're capable of now, means something now, not for the unknowable, intangible person you're supposedly going to "grow up" to be. Though even that may be giving the adult presence too much credit. You could debate the literary merits of Gone compared to Lord of the Flies, but I feel that what Gone does for this aspect of young adult storytelling is important in its own right. So while it's a good comparison to draw in a reader, it also forgets what is possibly the most unique element.

      Sounds fun, right? I'll admit the first two books stressed me out at times, and once or twice I had to step away from them temporarily. But this one has settled into the story enough that these themes began to stand out to me, and that allowed me to be immersed in it and for the story to really soar. But what makes the series as a whole (and what is strong throughout, not just in this book) is its characters. It's a large ensemble of distinctive and superbly written characters, and the way their individual stories weave into the larger plot and with the stories of other characters is handled deftly and with real pathos. It's frankly just a pleasure to read, and a lot of these characters are going to stick with me. It's also a very diverse ensemble: the female POV characters equal the number of males, and in fact might outnumber them, though the girls may just loom larger in my mind because of their sheer awesome. There are a lot of PoCs, including black (both African-American and African), Native American, South American, Indian and Asian. There is also at least one queer character, a black lesbian named Dekka, arguably the most badass of them all. And none of these are tokens -- they are integral, and run the gamut from good to bad to in between. Grant often takes his time in describing the ethnicity of his PoC; it is always relevant to who they are, but it's also not the only or most significant thing by which they are to be defined.

      4.5 stars, half a star only taken off for the last few pages, which 1) should have been shown, not told and 2) failed to answer a few questions that may be addressed in a subsequent book but should have been addressed here. As a technical note, this book has convinced me that I would someday like to own a hard copy of the series (I bought the first two on my kindle, and this one was from the library), but that's not going to happen until the covers change. Seriously, the cover art is atrocious and a damn shame.
    • 3/5

      X meets Y: Wild West meets Lord of the Flies

      Thoughts: This book was pretty good. The nature of the series has you losing characters and gaining characters with each book. I just couldn't get behind these new characters yet. Michael Grant is awesome at putting kids through the wringer.

      Coming Back for more?: Yep!
    • 4/5
      We have new characters in this installment. The biggest problem I see with this storyline is that there is no basis for reality. These kids have no way to tell what is real it not and don't know what to trust. It makes the premise weak. Hopefully that will be resolved.
    • 5/5
      READ IN ENGLISH

      I read this third novel in the Gone series straight after the second one, Hunger. Perhaps that's why I was sucked into the story again from page one. We're now seven months in the FAYZ, so quite some time has again passed, when strange (even for there standards) things start to happen. There are a lot rumours, but what is true? And what are the - you'll have guessed it - lies?



      Again, new characters, new mutants, new trouble. But never forget the trouble and problems they had in the previous books, because they're here as well. A lot of different story lines in this book, and especially as there is a lot of questions about what is true and what is it, I found it very interesting to read from many different POVs. This is also the first time more attention is given to what is - if there is anything at all - outside the FAYZ.

      An interesting third instalment in the Gone series.
    • 5/5
      The story does not slow down! Keeping up with the previous two books, this volume is fast paced, and kept me reading, eager for more. Still reminding me of a sort of mix between Stephen King's The Stand, and Lord of the Flies, but with it's own unique twists and turns involving technology, as well as religious themes. This was the first time I found myself truly angry and almost disliking one of the main "good" characters. There is also a return of one of the "bad" characters who we thought was gone for good. And in a surprising turn of events, we have several new characters introduced to the story. I'm highly anticipating reading the next book (and the next and the next) and hopefully finally finding out where all the adults and everyone over 15 went and what happens when they "poof" at age 15 in the FAYZ. This is definitely an addictive series.
    • 5/5
      This is the first time in many moons that I have stayed up late to finish a book. Now I am plotting how I will get my hands on book 4... and trying to justify buying book 5 in hardcover. When is book 6 released?

      Insanity.
    • 5/5
      I'm marathoning the series and I gotta say, Michael Grant has outdone himself. I've really relished this book. In my opinion, this was by far the best book in the series (my opinion might change after reading the remaining books, who knows?). This book made me love Sam even more and hate Drake even more. Overall, this is a thrilling, thought-provoking and adventure-packed novel that disrupted my normal sleep routine. *Goes off to read the fourth book*
    • 3/5
      Still have problems with some of the things that happen and reactions for the ages of the characters, but getting a bit better.
    • 4/5
      This series is so frustrating but at the same time so captivating that I need to move on immediately after I've finished one book.This time around Astrid the secretly-a-dictator-even-though-she-says-she-isn't refuses to allow Sam to bring justice Zil and his creepy little gang for what they "accomplished" last book. Sam goes from hero/mayor of Perdido Beach to a slowly debilitating and weak person in general. The struggle of finding food and fighting off the Human Crew is only minor in comparison to the recent sightings of thought to be dead kids and the "prophecies" foretold by a freak with vision powers named Orsay. All hope of getting out of the FAYZ seems lost until this girl has a vision of an alternative route to escape but at a high cost that Astrid is unwilling to allow the other kids to make which leads to the title of the book: telling lies to cover up this new discovery along with many others.This book is a lot better than Hunger for sure. The reveal for what the countdown was in itself a twist, reserved for someone that some may have overlooked but for me (as an avid lover of minor characters) I loved that this person got their time even if for a moment. The character development slowed a bit for most of the characters except for (believe it or not) Astrid which was actually a nice change and also for some of the former villains in the story. The final scene in the book definitely leaves one yearning for the next novel.The cons are: the lovey feely moments between our two teenaged lovers became absolutely pathetic and I don't even want to talk about it. The introduction of new characters was a kind of done in a sloppy way but didn't hinder the plot too much. And I would also say that the development of the "real" villain of the whole series is going really slow. We get a name but at the same time I would have liked to have known at least exactly what they're up against.
    • 4/5
      Once again, Michael Grant has outdone himself. In this, the third book of the Gone series, fear truly takes hold. Hunger is ever present, tensions between freaks and normals are escalating, and most terrifying of all, are the reported sightings of Drake.It seems that each book in this series is better than the last, and you will not be disappointed with this one.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the final book in this series. I thought it finished well.
    • 3/5


      Plot: 2.5 stars
      Characters: 4 stars
      Writing: 3.5 stars
      Sci-fi Element: 3.5 stars
      Ending: 3 stars

      Overall: 3.3 stars



      This series is getting weaker. After really enjoying the first two in the series, I couldn't wait to get my hands on the third installment. But it just didn't add anything to the series, it was still well-written but I felt like the author was merely prolonging the story and not really moving the plot along. Maybe it's the old: longer series = more money, but that's just... crap.
    • 5/5
      This book is the third book from the book Gone. Everyone is telling lies. Noone can trust anyone. Others turn against eachothers. Many don't know what to do. There is less food. More kids are dieing and more a poofing out. They are taking the easy way out.I gave this book a five star rating. I gave it a five star rating because it was very good. It was well written. The author used a big vocabulary. I recomend this book to everyone. The author used great description. I can't wait till the fourth book. I loved this book.
    • 5/5
      Lies is the third book in the GONE series. This book will test the trust that everyone has for one another. Sam, Astrid, Edilio, and Howard all have this "council" that is supposed to help the good kids live and let the mean kids be punished, kid of like the local law enfocement. But people are keeping secrets from Astrid and Edilio. Neressa is a figure of the Darknes, or otherwise known as the Gaiaphage. She/he/it is controling a little girl who's name escapes me right now, but she has this strange ability to look into people's dreams and outside the FAYZ barrier/wall to where the parents are. Unfortunity, this does not end well for anyone, people believe Neressa's lies to the girl, and try to kill themselves or go poof at the big one-five. This gives the darkness their powers and thoughts about everything. The girl, I still don't remember her name, is killed by Neressa and left on a rock in a sitting position, where the little siren, Emily maybe, finds her. News is also out that Drake didn't die, and it scaring the once "council" and makes them fall apart. Sam is so out of it and is worried that the next person Drake goes after will be him. This book is better than the first, and I know that is a ridiculously hard thing to do. But Micheal Grant did it anyway, and it was amazing with action, romance, and suprise in just the right places. I was kept ont the edge of my seat, not wanting to put the book down. The last thing I remeber about it was that it was something that I would have to read to my younger brother, who is almost like my perfect match, what I like he likes and likewise. So this was one book that will keep and read it over and over again.
    • 4/5
      I thought that Lies was a great book in a great series! It is hard to give a synopsis without any spoilers, but i'll just say that it picks up where Hunger left off and it doesn't disappoint. I couldn't help but notice that the very beginning of the book was a little slow and not very much happened overall in the book, but there are a bunch of little side stories going on that can fill in a bit and keep the book going as long as it did. Also, the ending was huge in the overall scheme of things and I might have to read it again just to understand it. Lies was a great book, but don't read it if you haven't read the previous two books like I was considering doing, because you will be hopelessly lost. I am really glad that I took the time to read the others now! It was a great book and I would recommend it to friends, but the Lost Gate is still my favorite.
    • 5/5
      Third book in the trilogy and I think this is the best one yet.Once again, the kids' true colors are coming out. Do you turn good or evil during a life altering experience? Relationships change, and once again, a few new faces change the dynamics of everything. How do you ask, can new faces appear within a 'bubble', Grant has a few interesting things up his sleeve with this novel.***SPOILER ALERT***Although, I do believe, in the end, when the truth comes out about Nerezza, Drake, Brittney, and the Gaiphage that it's a little stretched. Also, the way that Mary is sent out, I really hate that Grant does this to her character, she proved time and time again how devoted she was to the 'littles' and to try to lead them to their death is a little out of range...
    • 5/5
      This is another Gone novel but this time it is the last book. In this book it comes down to the final battle. Sam thinks Drake in dead but he is not, and a young girl comes back to life called Brittany. Caine wants to deliver one last blow. Zel works with Caine to burn the town. While Zil is burning the town Caine and his group capture the emergancy boats and go to a nearby island. At the island Caine mights some kids, but the kids drug them and fly off in a helicopter. Sam funs off because he has seen Drake. Zil is laying waste to the town. The kids start to run to the cliff were Mary will poof and take the young kids with her. Sam comes back to take out Drake whil Deka takes care of Zil. Sam finds out that for some strang reason Drake and Brittany share the same body. They fight and Mary poofs but they save the kids. Little Pet after the battle cuttles in a ball and startes to yell and the FAYZ wall desipers for one small secent. So with Drake/Brittany lock up live goes on in the FAYZ. This is a awesome book. I am kind of upset with the ending but it was ok. Lies is I think the worst book of the series but it is still very good. I like how Mary kind of loses her mind in the book. Lies is a very good book that you should read. My favorite thing is that Sam has to face his fear. I also like how Astrid and Mary get is a really big fight.
    • 5/5
      The novel Lies is really unique. It is told in many different perspectives. These perspectives are from many of the major and minor characters. After being faced with so many hard, and tough times, the children of the FAYZ managed to survive through it all. That is one of the really important things Lies teaches us. Just imagine living in a dome shaped force field for over a year. I would go insane. It seems as though everyone over 15 just disappears. There are two types of "cliques" the Normals which have no powers and the Freaks they have powers unlike the normals. Its a never ending war it seems like. Astrid is in a relationship with Sam. Astrid is head of the counsel and is trying to make rules so that no one kills themselves or anything. I personally enjoy this book because it makes you think about how life and an how society works. It may be fiction but it could possibly relate to what is going on around us, we just dont know it. I for one encourage people to read this. Its the type of book that makes you want to keep reading it over and over again.
    • 3/5
      I had a really hard time getting through book three. It took almost a month for me to finish it; I'd read a page or two and then put it aside. I had hoped this was the end, but it isn't, and I really don't think I'll be reading book four. The story has just dragged on for too long, and I've lost interest. It seemed like the battles and the violence and the conflicts were just non-stop, and there wasn't much more to the story except that. It became numbingly boring. Spoilers follow:Bringing Brittney and Drake both back from the dead seemed to be cheating on Grant's part. Introducing the new characters, but not letting us know much about Sanjit and the rest was just annoying, leaving Caine and Diana on the island didn't even really interest me much. Reading book three was a chore, and book four would be pure drudgery, which is too bad because I really enjoyed book one.
    • 5/5
      I can’t help but think of this book as Lord of the Flies on steroids. It’s like driving by a car wreck - you can’t help but look.Don’t get me wrong. I really like this series. Grant writes an engrossing page-turner. I was on the edge of my seat and could hardly put the book down. His characters are well developed, if frightening. You can’t help put care for and sympathize with the “good guys” and shiver, perhaps shrink away from the “bad guys.”Lies is the third in this series, following Gone and Hunger. Plague is scheduled for release in April of 2011. Nothing is ever easy in the FAYZ. The residents barely survive one threat before facing another one. In this latest installment, people thought dead now walk the streets, the non-freaks (Grant’s terminology, not mine) are beginning to resent the Freaks (those with strange powers), and what little semblance of order there was from the establishment of the Town Council quickly evaporates. Zil, leader of the Human Crew sets fire to the town in an attempt to take power away from the mutants (freaks). Osray, now labeled the Prophetess by her strange new companion Nerezza, seems to be telling the children they should embrace the “poof” or maybe even death as a way to escape the FAYZ. As tempers flare, people go hungry and the evil darkness threatens to return (if it ever really left), Sam, Astrid, Edilio and the others must find a way to survive. And even if they survive what will they be facing next?I can’t wait for the next installment.
    • 4/5
      So, the FAYZ is in full action. Food is running out. The power structure is shaky and wasn't that kid dead? How can she be walking through the streets again?Michael Grant continues the story he began in Gone and Hunger with this book. As I probably wrote before, it is difficult not to compare this book to "Lord of the Flies". What just will happen when the adults are removed from the scene? Are kids capable of taking car of themselves? What about taking care of others? Astrid tries to keep it together while creating a council to oversee the running of the town. Albert, remains focussed so that he can keep the chain of food going. Sam, dealing with his suffering at the hands of Drake isn't quite sure what role to play. The theme of self-sufficiency runs through this novel as the kids try to survive. As with all governments, the ideals may be there in the beginning, but the realities of trying to govern, in this case a group of kids who don't really want to listen, well the realities are difficult.Still, the writing is compelling. As we get to know the characters better, and see their weaknesses, we find the story pulling us forward. And, as in so many series, the ending, is not the end.Read it.
    • 5/5
      Imagine living in an impenetrable dome-like force field for over half a year. Everyone over the age of 15 mysteriously vanishes, or ‘poofed out’ as they like to call it. This is the life of many kids living in Perdido Beach, California. times have been hard for these kids trapped in the FAYZ ( fallout Alley Youth Zone). The FAYZ somehow created stranger mutations with some of the children, teens, and animals. Michael Grant’s Lies, part of the Gone series, draws an amazing force that will keep you turning the pages.Lies continues where ‘Gone’ and ‘Hunger’ leaves off. It is bad enough that hundreds of kids below 14 have to lookout for themselves, but when some kids start getting strange mutations and abilities, things get bad, to worse. The separation between ‘freaks’ ( kids who developed special abilities) and ‘normals’ worsen in Lies. This ‘rebellion’ is led by Zil. Zil was a minor character in the first two books. Now, in the third book, he’s back and with a mission, to isolate and kill all freaks. Sam Temple, the hero of the FAYZ, has been through too much. He is overwhelmed and broken by the burden he has tried to carry since day 1. Although his body healed from the tortuous attack by Drake, his mind and soul are still corrupted. Many minor characters in the previous books are brought out in Lies. A handful of new, but minor characters are also introduced. Michael Grant manages to hold that bar of intensity high up. Every page doesn’t fail to bring new excitements. He continues to elaborate on his main characters, including Sam, Astrid, Edillo, Lana and Caine. He also builds on secondary characters such as Zil and Mother Mary. With the help of the Dreamwalker, Orsay, a taste of what lies, and exists beyond the impenetrable bubble is given. Michael Grant was really realistic about his characters. He wrote them as s they were real.Everything takes place in the FAYZ. The FAYZ itself is pretty similar to any typical small town. Except for the fact that it gave of radiation and that no one over the age of 15 is there. Grant described the FAYZ really well. I can just imagine stepping inside the story, and wandering around. However, after 3 novels of the FAYZ, I’d like to see more development in the environment.The novel Lies is really unique. It is told in many different perspectives. These perspectives are from many of the major and minor characters. After being faced with so many hard, and tough times, the children of the FAYZ managed to survive through it all. That is one of the really important things Lies teaches us.To sum it up, I would highly recommend this book to anyone who had been following the previous 2 books. Lies will leave you cliff-hanging at the end, and hungry for book 4, Plague.
    • 5/5
      This book is about the Sam, Astrid, and little Pete. As well as all the kids trapped in the Fall Out Zone. Sam and Astrid split because she figures out that he has been lying to her and the town council. She reminds him that they made the town council to remove some of the stress off his plate. The freaks and non-freaks get in to a big fight. Because of Astrid, Hunter, a freak, was saved because she stood up for him, even though she is cursed at and called a Freak lover. Sam has a really big problem, Drake and Brittany, come back to life. The two brother have to join together to fight off the evil thing living in the mine shaft. Orsay says she sees the dreams of loving parents and they are waiting for the kids 15th birthday. So Mary believed Orsay and on her birthday she tried to leave, with all the kids from the daycare. I love the gone books. I recommend this series for everyone, you will not regret it.
    • 4/5
      Things go from bad to worse in the 3rd book in this series. Orsay is telling everyone she can see their parents' dreams, Brianna and Blake have come back from the dead and Sam has had a fight with Astrid and gone AWOL.This book keeps up the same cracking pace as the first two although it is a little less gory. For the first time we see what is happening outside the dome - or do we?
    • 5/5
      Lies is the continuation of the Gone series. Lies happens when Astrid and Sam separate because Astrid figures out the Sam has been lying to her and the Town Council.I like Lies because Lies, Gone, and Hunger are very interesting and as you get more and more into the story, you are more interested in reading the rest. I encourage kids and adults read the Gone series because it is awesome!!! :)
    • 4/5
      When I heard there were six books scheduled for this series, it seemed a bit much. However, the third installment of life in the FAYZ hooked me in. There were some new characters introduced and the action jumped quickly between different factions living in the Perdido Beach area where all people over age 14 have disappeared. The struggle of the society now is in leadership and governance in a world where everyone is armed and getting enough to eat can be a challenge. When Orsay is deemed a Prophetess and people seem to rise from the dead, it seems the evil force may not be finished with the kids of the FAYZ yet.
    • 4/5
      Another fun installment in the Gone series. This one was probably the weakest so far. (Why did it have to be so much shorter than the other two??) A new character, Nerezza, is introduced, and none of our main protagonists have seen her before. They live in a tiny, cut-off dome - uh, that's pretty lame foreshadowing that Nerezza is BAD NEWS if you ask me. We also get to meet some other characters who live on one of the islands (that felt more natural, since our friends hadn't made it over there yet). The scenes with them were my favorites, because they felt the freshest. Maybe Grant is getting a little tired of dragging this series out, too. Yes, this installment felt a little like filler (exactly how many things can go wrong in the FAYZ??), but I'm still enjoying the story and the characters. Maybe in the next volume, we'll get to see more of what's going on outside the dome...
    • 4/5
      I am a little bit sad. For the past two weeks, my life (well, my book life) has been revolved around reading this series. I re-read the thrill rides which are Gone and Hunger-- then it was time for the main event, the newest installment in the Gone series. Lies. I have to say it wasn't my favorite in the series. The flaws I had previously brushed aside in the first too became so blatant in this one that I couldn't ignore them. Don't get me wrong- it was still fantastic and I enjoyed it immensely, but it just wasn't my favorite. The first disappointment was the length. Hunger was a monster, but this one was like it's runty cousin. I was confused about that. Usually books get longer as the plot thickens, and I didn't see why that wasn't the case for this installment. I mean, it was certianly possible to make it longer. There were plenty of loose ends and point that could have been ellaborated on. Perhaps he wanted to leave that to the next book (Plague!!). Also, maybe the fact that the time period for this one was shorter (only a few days as opposed to a couple weeks) had something to do it. All the characters were great though. They become darker, more complex. Gone (yay for puns!) are the innocent children. Now they are intense. Every person to the smallest tot carries a weapon. Everyone is looking out for themselves, most concerned only about getting food. They aren't hesitant to kill, either, or do what they have to to stay alive. And yes, everyone lies. Big manipulative lies that are the reason for the title. Everyone is changed though, for the worse or for the better. We are also introduced to some new characters, which makes up for the loss of some of the old ones (kinda). I really think Michael Grant is accurate is portraying the desperation these kids would have. The writing was meh. I mean, it was never amazing to begin with, but in this book it got worse. I think he should get a new editor. Many typos and things that didn't add up to previous infromation given in the previous books. Sam said Caine and him where half brothers, when they are twins. Dekka said she loved Brianna from first sight, where in Hunger, she said she fell in love with Brianna when they were imprisoned. And where did Astrid's powers go? After the first book, they are never mentioned again. The plot was kinda jumpy. I really love how he tries to get everyone's point of view in, but it didn't pull together that nicely. It was very character driven, and there was less sci-fi (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). It was also more slow-paced than the previous two. Overall, I still really enjoyed it. This is one of my favorite series. It's thrilling and thought-provoking and dark. All the things I didn't quite like about Lies, I shall attribute it to being a middle book in the series. I am very excited for Plague and cannot believe the release date is an entire year away! Fortunately, Michael did some foreshadowing, which leaves me with great material for speculation. And does anyone mind telling who the kids on the back cover are supposed to be? I'm guessing Brittany and Drake, but I'm not sure.