The Knife of Never Letting Go: With Bonus Short Story [Paperback]

The international bestseller and masterpiece of science fiction in a new eye-catching package with sprayed edges

“Inventive, gut-wrenching, and all-consuming, this is an unforgettable coming-of-age reading experience.” —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Coldwire

Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone’s thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. But in this town of men where privacy is impossible, there is a secret so awful that Todd, still a month shy of becoming a man himself, must run for his life from it. But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought? And what does it mean when you meet a girl whose thoughts are silent?

Return to the world of Chaos Walking with Piper at the Gates of Dusk, the first book in the New World trilogy, coming in spring 2026!Harrowing, heartbreaking, and brutally human . . . a masterpiece of speculative fiction and social commentary.
—Neal Shusterman, New York Times best-selling author of the Arc of a Scythe trilogy

There is so much to love about the remarkable Patrick Ness! Above all, his deep, ferocious respect for young readers.
—#1 New York Times best-selling author Libba Bray

An epic journey through both a sci-fi world of extraordinary imagination and an emotional landscape of gripping intensity.
—Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Hugo Award–winning Children of Time series

Intelligent, compelling, and utterly devastating, Chaos Walking is one of the seminal YA series of this century. No one gets you in the feels like Patrick Nl³'