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It's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.
Despite the hunger and the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is perhaps the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sam Temple: AKA School Bus Sam. Main character. Leader of Perdido Beach and has the ability to shoot a green-white light from his hands and create a floating light, nicknamed in LIES as "Sammy Suns" The coyotes call him "Bright Hands."
- Caine Soren: What once was THE main antagonist in GONE and HUNGER(was later replaced by Drake and the Gaiaphage). Caine is Sam’s fraternal twin brother and has telekinesis. He is one of the most powerful people in the FAYZ, tied with Sam as a four-bar. He has a big ego and feels the need to beat Sam because of the fact that their mother adopted Caine out, while keeping Sam. In HUNGER, his mind was possessed by the Gaiaphage and he went absolutely insane. In LIES, he teamed up with Zil to burn down Perdido Beach, although he just wanted a way to get to an island that Bug found in a magazine that used to be owned by two famous celebrities who built a mansion there. He wanted to go there because they were completely out of food at Coates, the area of the FAYZ that he owns. The only thing that displays that he may have some good inside him, is his love for Diana, which he proved in HUNGER by teaming up with Sam to save her life, and in LIES when he let go of revenge to once again save her.
- Diana Ladris: A very seductive, knowing character that is extremely manipulative. She has the ability to measure other peoples’ power levels, which she describes as being like a cell phone system, measured in “bars”. She was pretty bad in GONE and even HUNGER, but in LIES, she proved that, despite what she, and mostly everyone else thinks, she is good when she almost sacrificed herself and Caine to save people she didn’t know that well from him. She spent most of LIES contemplating suicide because of her guilt for how she used to be. She admits that she is in love with Caine at the end of LIES. In HUNGER and GONE she was known for her sarcasm and the way she could stand up to and mock Caine. She and Drake had a constant hate for one another and she was one of the two people, the second being Caine, who didn’t show fear towards him. She has very high morals and never crosses the line dividing “bad” from “evil”. During PLAGUE, she is pregnant with Caine's child.
- Drake Merwin: Another main antagonist, Drake is a sadist who use to be one of Caine’s minions until book two, HUNGER, when he attempted to kill Diana, proceeding by attempting to kill Caine. Caine, out of rage, murdered Drake by stabbing him with a uranium rod and throwing him into the mine shaft with the Gaiaphage, using his telekinesis. Drake came back in book three, LIES, by sharing a body with Britney. Drake has no notable powers, but has a tentacle-like whip in place of his right arm that mutated in book one, GONE, when Sam burned his arm and Diana had to amputate it.
- Astrid Ellison: The smartest person in the FAYZ, Astrid is Sam's girlfriend and tries to keep cool and collected while caring for her brother, Little Pete who has a severe case of autism.
- Little Pete: Astrid's autistic brother. He created the FAYZ and is now in a coma... Or something, we don't know exactly.
- Albert: Richest person in the FAYZ. Used to run McDonalds. In charge of AlberCo; managed to set up jobs with payments to get kids to work; the real person in charge of Perdido Beach
- Edillo: Sam's friend. Took over leadership of Perdido Beach when Sam resigned.
- Quinn: Sam's friend. Head fisherman. Has no supernatural talents.
- The gaiaphage: Also known as the Darkness. It's a mysterious creature that's probably responsible for all the mutations and terrorizes the FAYZ.
- Lana: Considered "Royalty", and is the towns healer; Sanjit's girlfriend; can "feel" the Darkness
- Brittney: Died. aka Zombie. She shares a body with Drake.
- Brianna: The Breeze. Super speed. Friend of Sam's.
- Dekka Talent: Can temporarily remove the effects of gravity; lesbian who likes Brianna
- Lance: one of Zil's crew members who is against freaks.
- Panda: one of Caine's people. Or was... Untill he was eaten.
- Edilio: Sam's right hand man.
- Sam: he is the main character and he has powers of controlling a powerful light that can blow through anything
- Dr. Chandiramani: The doctor in charge of the ward of the children that appeared from the FAYZ.
- Abana Baidoo: Dahra Baidoo's mother. Friend of Connie Temple.
- Blake: A kid who organized the toilets. Is seven-years old and works with a friend.
- Cigar: One of Quinn's fishermen, he got the the name "Cigar" because he once tried to smoke, but got really really sick instead.
- Toto: A boy living at Lake Tramonto that can identify if people are telling the truth or lying
- Drake: Is a mutant, transformed my the Darkness. He serves the darkness for power. The Darkness gave him his whip hand, which is on the cover of Lies.
- Sinder: She works in a garden. She can make things grow faster.
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- Onyx
- George Zellicoe
- Jack: Ability of super strength; computer whiz
- Jaden: Killed by Cigar in a fight; according to Cigar, it was self-defense
- Turk: Caine's guard. Isn't very bright and obeys commands instantly. Fancied slightly by Penny.
- Dahlia: A friend of Lanas who works as a nurse for the kids in Perdido Beach/
- Elise
- Orc: One of the kids in the FAYZ. Howard's best friend; body morphed into mostly rock with only a patch or two of skin left on his face; very strong; has a problem with booze
- Charlie
- Keira
- Choo: Sanjit's little brother and one of the kids in the FAYZ.
- Atria: A child who is on the boathouse Diana is on.
- Howard Bassem: The only friend of Charles Merriman A.K.A "Orc". Is considered exploitive and unlikeable by most others. Supplier of moonshine and other questionable items
- Penny: One of the kids in the FAYZ. She has the ability to give you all too real hallucinations. She's psychotic and often leaves victims with terrible injuries or mentally scarred. After having broken both legs, she was healed by Lana. She hates Diana with a passion.
- Lucas
- Justin: A boy on the boathouse with Diana.
- Darius Lee Ashton: A man who is dating Connie and supplying her with updates about the barrier.
- Elizabeth Han: A reporter Connie speaks to when she discovers information about the barrier.
- Tabitha
- Taylor: A kid with the ability to 'bounce' from place to place, or teleport.
- David
- Dahra Baidoo: A friend of Lana's who acts as a nurse in Perdido Beach and prescribes precious medicine to those in need of them.
- Mohamed Kadeer: A boy who lives at the lake with Sam. He knows how to keep out of trouble and is a spokesperson for Albert there.
- Jamilla
- Mason: A little boy who joins Sanjit with his sisters when darkness envelopes the barrier and people head towards Sam's light at the lake.
- Sanjit: Lana's boyfriend; adopted son of movie stars; brother to Virtue
- Gaia
- Terry
- Edilio: Sam's best friend who has been running things for a while. And he is a very practical person.
- Jonesie
- Jezzie: One of the girls in the FAYZ who controls the garden.
- Annie
- Roger: works as the "doctor" in Sam's part of town
- Phil
- Paul
- Francis
- Dr. Greene
- Jonas
- Zil: Leader of human crew
- Bonnie: Blake's friend.
- Mary Terrafino: A girl who died when she committed suicide by jumping off a cliff with the littles and tried to take the kids she was nursing in nursery as well.
- Patrick Star
- Connie: Sam's mother
Quotes edit
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“in the dark the one guy with the candle is an easy target”
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Connie Temple had been updating her journal on her little laptop.
Table of Contents edit
COVER
TITLE PAGE
DEDICATION
MAPS
EPIGRAPH
OUTSIDE
ONE: 65 HOURS, 11 MINUTES
TWO: 64 HOURS, 57 MINUTES
THREE: 53 HOURS, 52 MINUTES
FOUR: 50 HOURS
FIVE: 44 HOURS, 12 MINUTES
SIX: 43 HOURS, 17 MINUTES
SEVEN: 36 HOURS, 19 MINUTES
EIGHT: 36 HOURS, 10 MINUTES
NINE: 35 HOURS, 25 MINUTES
TEN: 34 HOURS, 31 MINUTES
OUTSIDE
ELEVEN: 26 HOURS, 45 MINUTES
TWELVE: 25 HOURS, 8 MINUTES
THIRTEEN: 25 HOURS
FOURTEEN: 24 HOURS, 29 MINUTES
FIFTEEN: 22 HOURS, 16 MINUTES
SIXTEEN: 22 HOURS, 5 MINUTES
SEVENTEEN: 20 HOURS, 19 MINUTES
OUTSIDE
EIGHTEEN: 18 HOURS, 55 MINUTES
NINETEEN: 17 HOURS, 37 MINUTES
TWENTY: 17 HOURS, 20 MINUTES
TWENTY-ONE: 15 HOURS, 12 MINUTES
TWENTY-TWO: 14 HOURS, 44 MINUTES
TWENTY-THREE: 14 HOURS, 39 MINUTES
TWENTY-FOUR: 14 HOURS, 2 MINUTES
TWENTY-FIVE: 12 HOURS, 40 MINUTES
OUTSIDE
TWENTY-SIX: 11 HOURS, 28 MINUTES
TWENTY-SEVEN: 10 HOURS, 54 MINUTES
TWENTY-EIGHT: 10 HOURS, 35 MINUTES
OUTSIDE
TWENTY-NINE: 10 HOURS, 27 MINUTES
THIRTY: 10 HOURS, 4 MINUTES
THIRTY-ONE: 8 HOURS, 58 MINUTES
THIRTY-TWO: 7 HOURS, 1 MINUTE
THIRTY-THREE: 5 HOURS, 12 MINUTES
OUTSIDE
THIRTY-FOUR: 4 HOURS, 21 MINUTES
THIRTY-FIVE: 4 HOURS, 6 MINUTES
THIRTY-SIX: 18 MINUTES
THIRTY-SEVEN: 3 MINUTES
THIRTY-EIGHT: 15 SECONDS
LATER
BACK ADS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PRAISE
OTHER WORKS
COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 6 in Gone Series. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Grant (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Country: U.S.
Publication Date: April 3, 2012
ISBN: 978-0061449154
Page Count: 576
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Country: U.S.
Publication Date: April 3, 2012
ISBN: 978-0061449154
Page Count: 576
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