Hunger: A Gone Novel by Michael Grant

I started to read Hunger: A Gone Novel by Michael Grant and realized that I was reading the sequel, so make sure you read Gone first.

The book begins three months after the events in Gone and as the title suggests, food is running out. Sam has been elected Mayor and things aren’t going so well. Tensions between the “muties” and “normals” begin to rise with the prospect of war. Lana “the healer” has moved far away from the town to escape the constant bombardment of requests to heal minor injuries such as scrapes and paper cuts, however, she is still plagued by her memories of her encounter with “the Darkness”. Cain, also weakened by his encounter with “the Darkness”, is suffering from the bombardment nighttime fits of “hungry in the dark”. As “the Darkness” grows stronger, it’s control drives people to do unthinkable acts of insanity that help it to it’s ultimate goal of everlasting darkness there by allowing it to do as it pleases.

If you liked Gone you’ll love Hunger and since both books are incredibly long, it will keep you busy for the third installment, Lies, coming in May 2010.

Review by student Noah K.