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He just vanished - along with everyone else over the age of 14 in a 10-mile radius around Perdido Beach, California, which was also enclosed by an impenetrable dome. The children left behind find themselves battling hunger, fear, and one another in a novel [[Teenage Wasteland|strongly reminiscent of William Golding's]] ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''. [[It Got Worse|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.
Written by Michael Grant, co-author of the hit book series ''[[Animorphs]]'', ''[[Everworld]]'', ''[[Remnants]]'', and author of ''[[BZRK]]''. There are five books so far{{when}} in the series: ''Gone'', released in 2008, ''Hunger'', released in 2009, ''Lies'', released in May 2010, ''Plague'', released in April 2011, and ''Fear'', released in April 2012. The sixth and final installment in the series, ''Light'', will be released in March 2013.
Now has [[Gone (novel)/Characters|a character sheet]].
No relation to the 2012 [[Amanda Seyfried]] [[Gone (film)|film]] of the same name.
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* [[A God Am I|A King Am I]]: By the end of Plague, {{spoiler|Caine expects everyone to refer to him as king, and appoints himself supreme ruler of Perdido Beach.}}
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* [[Asian Airhead]]: Taylor.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Drake. [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]] after {{spoiler|Sam blows his arm off and The Darkness grants him a tentacle-like appendage to replace it}}. And even worse now that {{spoiler|He's back from the dead and [[Sharing a Body]] with Brittany, who Sam won't kill because she's innocent.}}
* [[Back
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Computer Jack, highly capable in computers... [[Super Strength|And kicking your ass]].
* [[Badass Gay]]: Dekka. {{spoiler|Edilio, too.}}
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* [[Body Horror]]: E.Z {{spoiler|getting eating alive from the inside out by mutated killer worms in Hunger.}}
** The parasitic insects in ''Plague'' grow {{spoiler|inside their human victims, and eat their insides before [[Chest Burster|bursting out of their chests.]]}}
** Also from ''Plague'', {{spoiler|Brittney/Drake being cut in three by Brianna.}}
*** {{spoiler|Brittney/Drake goes through a lot, starting right when they got to claw their way out of a grave.}}
** In ''Fear'' {{spoiler|it is revealed what happened to Francis and Mary, who "poofed" in ''Lies''. It's [[And I Must Scream|not pretty]].}}
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: In ''Fear'' Cigar kills a fellow fisherman in a drunken brawl. Since he committed murder, {{spoiler|Caine sentences him to [[Complete Monster|Penny]] for an entire day. Thirty minutes was enough to cause a ''two-day state of shock'' in the previous victim. Even Caine is horrified at the [[Eye Scream|end result]].}}
* [[Domed Hometown]]: After the adults disappear, there is a barrier around Perdido Beach.
* [[Doorstopper]]: While averaged sized for most adult novels, at 500 to 600 pages
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Mary. Although she may not be dead.}}
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* [[Duck]]: Brianna is yelling for Duck, and confuses a lot of people.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Inverted by Astrid the Genius. Lampshaded when Lana meets the main characters and is surprised that Astrid is intelligent.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Darkness. Giant pile of living rock that represents itself in telepathic hallucinations as a giant floating mouth.
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* [[Enfant Terrible]]: {{spoiler|Gaia}}, so very much. Within the ''four hours'' {{spoiler|from her birth}} to the end of ''Fear'', she manages to
* [[Ensemble Cast]]: While Sam could generally be called the protagonist (though there are always large portions of the story not focused on him), "Lies" moves all the way into this trope, with Sam getting equal or less attention than Astrid's struggle to lead the council and care for her brother, Sanjit and the island kids trying to fly to the mainland, power struggles among the Coates kids, Mary's growing mental problems, and many other subplots with the rest of the [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]] Sam and Quinn in the first book.
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'''Astrid''': [[Lampshade Hanging|I believe that's what's referred to as Gallows Humor.]] }}
* [[Gender Blender Name]] : Quinn is a boy.
* [[Go Mad
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Diana is often referred to as witch, instead of the obvious swear word bitch.
** She actually refers to ''herself'' as a bitch in ''Plague'', subverting this trope.
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** Also, Lana "Lazur" rising from fatal injuries.
** "Drake" means [[The Dragon|"dragon"]].
** "Perdido" means "lost".
* [[Minimalistic Cover Art]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20141014072933/http://www.michaelgrantdownunder.com/p/gone.html The UK/Aus/NZ editions give a much more foreboding feel to the books.] The image doesn't even do it justice: the author's name is only visible because of its gloss on an otherwise matte cover.
* {{spoiler|[[Monster From Beyond the Veil]]: Drake/Brittney in Lies.}}
* [[Morality Pet]]: [[Dark Chick|Diana]] for [[Big Bad|Caine]] , although their relationship does show some abusive patterns on both sides. {{spoiler|In book four, he [[Took a Level in Jerkass|takes a level in jerkass]] and drives her away.}}
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* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] : Nerezza. She is described as an extremly beautiful girl with long black hair. Oh, and {{spoiler|her name means ''darkness''...}}. Diana, too.
* [[Take That]]:
{{quote|'''Lana''': Maybe you're attracted to dangerous unbalanced people, but listen up: [[Twilight (novel)|I'm not Edward and you're not Bella.]]
'''Sanjit''': [[Crowning Moment of Funny|I don't understand what that means.]] }}
* [[Teen Pregnancy]]: {{spoiler|Diana, by Caine.}} [[Fetus Terrible|Lord help us.]]
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* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?|Who Names Their Kid "Brother"?:]] Emily's... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|''brother'']] Brother, from Lies.
** A lot of names come under this. Duck, Zil and for starters.
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Drake! He kills anyone who gets in the way of what he wants {{spoiler|coyotes-in-daycare scene}}. [[Literal
** This may count for '''everyone''', because when you think about it, they're all [[Just a Kid|just kids]]!
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Quinn
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