书名：Chaos Walking #01: The Knife of Never Letting Go混沌漫步1：永不放手的小刀

作者：Patrick Ness 

出版社名称：Candlewick 

出版时间：2014 

语种：英语 

ISBN：9780763676186 

商品尺寸：13.3 x 3.5 x 21.7 cm 

包装：平装

页数：512（以实物为准）

在一个叫做新世界的遥远星球上，普伦提司镇——据说这是新世界仅剩下的人类小镇，小镇不同寻常的原因在于它是一个被噪音包围的世界。在这里，人人都能在“噪音”中听到别人的心思，于是在这里，既不存在秘密，也没有隐私。陶德是这个小镇上仅有的男孩，再过一个月，他就将步入成年，从男孩变成男人。然而这天，陶德在这充满噪音的世界里，发现了一个“安静”的角落。这件大事犹如冰面裂缝，迅速瓦解他对这世界的认知。他所不知道的是，这新出现的“安静”，将让他陷入致命危机，他更将发现，不但之前12年所学到的一切全是谎言，就连即将到来的成年之日，也藏着牵动世界安危的巨大秘密……他必须逃离！

于是陶德和他忠诚的狗满奇从这个充斥着可怕噪音的小镇逃走了。在逃亡的路上，陶德和他的狗遇到了一种奇怪，诡秘，沉默的生物：薇拉——一个女孩，来自地球的女孩！两人按着陶德妈妈留下的日记里的地图一路摸索，逃避追捕，寻找通往“天堂”的道路……

The riveting Chaos Walking trilogy by two-time Carnegie Medalist Patrick Ness, reissued with compelling new covers -- and a bonus short story in each book.

"Narrated with crack dramatic and comic timing. . . . The cliffhanger ending is as effective as a shot to the gut." -- Booklist (starred review)

Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.

派崔克·奈斯（Patrick Ness）1971年生于美国维吉尼亚州贝尔沃堡陆军基地，六岁之前在夏威夷度过。从小的嗜好就是编故事。大学就读美国南加大英语文学系，1999年迁往伦敦，曾在牛津大学教授创意写作三年，学生通常比他这位老师年纪还大，并为《每日电讯报》、《泰晤士报文学增刊》、《周日电讯报》与《卫报》等媒体撰写书评。在「噪反三部曲」之前，曾出版过两部成人作品，分别为长篇小说《The Crash of Hennington》与短篇小说集《Topics About Which I Know Nothing》。