The Knife of Never Letting Go is the first installment of the Chaos Walking trilogy written by Patrick Ness. It was published on May 5, 2008 and follows 12-year old Todd Hewitt who runs away from Prentistown after learning a of a secret regarding its past.
Premise
Todd Hewitt is the only boy left in Prentisstown, a small settlement on New World where a war with the native Spackle released a germ that killed all the women and left the remaining men the ability to hear each other's (and animals') thoughts, described as an ever-present cascade of Noise. When Todd discovers a lone patch of silence and the source: a mysterious girl named Viola Eade, they learn more about the true history of the New World together.
List of characters
- Todd Hewitt
- Viola Eade
- Manchee
- Ben
- Cillian
- Aaron
- Mayor/President Prentiss
- Davy Prentiss Jr
- Tam
- Spackle
- men of Prentisstown
