While by no means publicised in the media, today has seen the release of the third and final entry in Patrick Ness' "Chaos Walking" trilogy, "Monsters of Men", released in the UK, US and Canada. The series, opening with Ness' hit "The Knife Of Never Letting Go", then continued brilliantly by "The Ask And The Answer", follows the tale of a parallel universe where every living being can read one another's thoughts, and where the two protagonists, Todd Hewitt and Viola, must travel across vast lands and battle fearsome adversaries to reach a safe haven on the far side of the world. This haven is later revealed, however, to be a farce, leaving Hewitt to question everything he knows of his life and where he will stand in the inevitable war that must come. Sound exciting? Well in "Monsters Of Men", that conflict arrives to wreak havoc, and as all seems to come to an end and the two warring factions threaten their world's destruction, something else arrives! What, you ask? Even I cannot answer that terrible question, as I have yet to read on to the ending of "The Ask", but having bought the entire trilogy, you can expect my full review of "Monsters" in times to come!
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