Lies

Lies is the third volume of Michael Grant's GONE series, and it unfolds over a single night. In Perdido Beach, a girl who has died walks among the living, while Zil and the Human Crew set the town ablaze. Through the fire and smoke, Sam catches sight of the boy he dreads most. As conditions in the FAYZ grow more desperate, the young survivors cannot tell who is safe to trust.

The novel belongs to a dystopian saga often compared to William Golding's Lord of the Flies, updated for a modern audience. Its characters face hard choices and tangled moral questions, and its tone shifts between gripping, painful and frightening. Readers who enjoy The Hunger Games, Divergent or The Maze Runner will find a similar mix of danger and difficult loyalties.

Lies is part of a six-book sequence that also includes Gone, Hunger, Plague, Fear and Light.