Gone: Volume 1

Michael Grant

May 2009 · Gone Book 1 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this eBook

The first in New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant's breathtaking dystopian sci-fi saga, Gone is a page-turning thriller that invokes the classic The Lord of the Flies along with the horror of Stephen King.

In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened.

Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.

It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: on your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else. . . .

“A potent mix of action and thoughtfulness—centered around good and evil, courage and cowardice—renders this a tour de force that will leave readers dazed, disturbed, and utterly breathless.” —ALA Booklist (starred review)

Read the entire series:

• Gone
• Hunger
• Lies
• Plague
• Fear
• Light
• Monster
• Villain
• Hero

Ratings and reviews

It was aight not too bad but took me a while to finish it, only kept reading cause I wanted to see what would happen at the end, but ill recommend it for people who are not up tight about too many things and just wanna read a nice story.

This is a great story ruined COMPLETELY by what is quite possibly the worst 'ending' ever. This story could have been wrapped up and considered a modern sci-fi classic IMO; instead, it turned out to be an intentional play at getting the reader to purchase the next book in the series. I feel insulted and a little ripped off and the suspension of disbelief is shattered, ensuring I definitely will NOT be reading anymore of Grant's works.

I Sat Down Last Night, Intending To Read A Chapter Or So, But Instead, I Read The Whole Book And 4 Others! The Gone Series Is Fantastic And I Have Read That Book More Than Once. As Time Goes By, I Continue To Admire Michael Grant's Book, He Is An Amazing Author And I Also Recommend The Book Fear, As It Hooked Me As-well. Speaking Of Which, Hunger, Was A Great Conclusion To Gone, As That Book Came Back And Haunted Me For Not Reading It In The One Night. As Soon As I Came Home From Work, I Grabbed The Book And Finished It. I Recommend This Book To Teens WORLDWIDE. I Also Am Happy That I Am Not The Only One With A Good Review.

About the author

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.