Sam then left again for the Lake Tramonto settlement at the end, so Caine came back and became the absolute ruler of Perdido Beach. That turned out to be a disaster, so Sam returned as of Plague. Sam then took over for Hunger, and then got tired of the responsibility and gave the leadership to the Town Council in Lies, run by Astrid. Caine waltzed in and took over, but left after the end of Gone. Abdicate the Throne: The leadership of Perdido Beach is like a game of musical chairs.The series provides examples of the following tropes: No relation to the 2012 Amanda Seyfried film of the same name. As of 2018, the project is in Development Hell.Ī Sequel Series titled Monster started in 2017. In July 2013, author Michael Grant announced that he had sold the rights of the series to Sony TV, who claimed to be interested in adapting the series into a TV show.

Things go from bad to worse when some of the children begin exhibiting strange powers, animals show signs of freakish mutations, and people disappear as soon as they turn 15. The children left behind find themselves battling hunger, fear, and one another in a novel strongly reminiscent of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. He just vanished - along with everyone else over the age of 14 in a 20-mile radius around Perdido Beach, California, which is also now enclosed by an opaque, impenetrable dome. With spare dialogue and hard-hitting scenes of violence, it's certainly not for the faint-hearted, but there's no doubt that Gone delivers a powerfully exciting and engrossing read.One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. But then a convoy of cars from the out-of-town school, Coates Academy appears, led by the charismatic and sinister Caine who quickly seizes power.īlending Lost with Lord of the Flies, this is a fast-paced, gripping, all-action novel that doesn't pull any punches. So what happens now? Sam and his friends Quinn, Edilio and Astrid attempt to restore order to the rapidly developing chaos and to work out what is happening to their town. He and his confused classmates soon discover that it isn't only their teacher who is gone - everyone over the age of fifteen has inexplicably disappeared from the small town of Perdido Beach, which has been isolated from the rest of the world by a mysterious forcefield. Fourteen year old Sam Templeton is having a completely normal day until his teacher disappears - poof! - in the middle of a class.

Gone by Michael Grant