The Ask and the Answer
by Patrick Ness
The Ask and The Answer immediately launches the reader back to the point at which The Knife of Never Letting Go reached its nightmarish end, with Todd and Viola at the mercy of Mayor Prentiss in the promised town of New Haven.
As Mayor Prentiss and his army inflict their terrifying regime on the people of the town, resistance group The Ask, led by the healer Mistress Coyle, plot a war that pitches man against woman.
Todd and Viola find themselves pulled into opposing idealisms, as the battle to gain power gathers pace before the anticipated arrival of the new settlers from Old World. Themes of dictatorship, terrorism and privacy reign in Ness’s darker science fiction sequel, which loses
nothing of the fast-paced, original narrative that made The Knife of Never Letting Go such a success.
Publisher: Walker Books
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Patrick Ness
Patrick grew up in the US and studied English Literature at the University of Southern California. He moved to London in 1999. Since then he has published four novels. The Knife of Never Letting Go won numerous awards, including the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Guardian Award, and the 2008 James Tiptree, Jr. Award. In January 2010 he won the 2009 Costa Book Award for the category children's book for The Ask and the Answer. He has also written a novel and a collection of short stories for adults, although he prefers not to categorise his writing in this way.
He taught creative writing at Oxford University and has written and reviewed for The Daily Telegraph, The TLS, The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian.Patrick Ness was Booktrust's first-ever online writer in residence.
Read an interview with Patrick
http://www.patrickness.com/
Patrick Ness
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