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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 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.

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]].

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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 ~~a piece~~, the books are gigantic for young adult novels. They are steadily decreasing in length as the series draws to its conclusion, however.

* [[Doorstopper]]: While averaged sized for most adult novels, at 500 to 600 pages each, the books are gigantic for young adult novels. They are steadily decreasing in length as the series draws to its conclusion, however.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Mary. Although she may not be dead.}}

** {{spoiler|Panda, by the beginning of ''Lies.''}} Also, Jasmine.

** {{spoiler|Orc tries in ''Plague''.}}

** {{spoiler|And Hunter, also in ''Plague'' with the bugs.}}

* [[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.

* [[~~Endofthe~~ World As We Know It]]: Obviously.

* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Obviously.

* [[Enfant Terrible]]: {{spoiler|Gaia}}, so very much. Within the ''four hours'' {{spoiler|from her birth}} to the end of ''Fear'', she manages to {{spoiler|torture Penny}} after she accidentally drops her {{spoiler|and then laugh at the scene}}, {{spoiler|laugh, once more, at seeing terrified children ''walk into a fire''}} due to Penny's visions and {{spoiler|forcing her mother to relieve her horrible memories of eating Panda}}. And that's not all... She also attempts to {{spoiler|kill both her own father, Caine, by trying to crush him against the FAYZ barrier}} and {{spoiler|Sam, by trying to rip him apart via telekinesis}}. {{spoiler|Thankfully, she doesn't succeed}} in any of the two cases.

* [[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.