The Ask and the Answer
No romance or no physical intimacy at all.
Closed door. No anatomical or crude language.
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La continuación de la aclamada trilogía en que se basa la superproducción Chaos Walking, del novelista de Un monstruo viene a verme. En Prentisstown tus pensamientos son públicos. No existen los secretos. En su huida de un ejército implacable, Todd y Viola se encuentran una vez más con su peor enemigo, el alcalde Prentiss, que los espera para darles la bienvenida a Nueva Prentiss. Todd es encarcelado y separado inmediatamente de Viola. Ahora tiene que aprender a vivir bajo las reglas delnuevo régimen. ¿Pero qué secretos se esconden fuera de la ciudad? ¿Dónde está Viola? ¿Quién es la misteriosa Respuesta? Y un día, las bombas comienzan a estallar. De El cuchillo en la mano se ha dicho... «Recomendaría insistentemente la trilogía de Patrick Ness a cualquiera. Es extraordinaria». - The Guardian «El cuchillo en la mano nos introduce en un mundo que no nos deja indiferentes y del que deseamos saber mucho más. Un comienzo frenético de trilogía, de una trilogía que continúa con La pregunta y la respuesta, que llegará en otoño, libro que estoy muriéndome por leer.» - Vorágine interna «Espero grandes cosas de esta trilogía.» - Juanma Sarmiento, The Best Read Yet «El cuchillo en la mano sido una novela espectacular que no ha tardado en convertirse en una de mis favoritas. Deseando leer su continuación que, probablemente, tampoco me decepcionará.» - El rastreador de letras ENGLISH DESCRIPTION We were in the square, in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her - But there weren't no safety, no safety at all, there was just him and his men... Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode... "The Ask and the Answer" is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure. This is the second title in the "Chaos Walking" trilogy.
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