Monsters of Men by Patric Ness 603 pages

Hefty conclusion to the Chaos Walkilng trilogy. Can one boy, Todd and one girl, Viola save the world? Stupid, evil and shallow adults don't seem to worry about the consequences of their actions. Genocidal tyrant Mayor Prentiss leads an army on one side, the terrorist healer Mistress Coyle heads a band of revolutionaries on another, and a massive legion of native Spackle threatens from a third. All three sides see only the complete annihilation of the others as the sole option for victory and survival, no matter how Todd and Viola use their formidable wills to advance peace as an influx of new colonists nears. Don't even attempt to read this before reading the other two books. This is epic in scale and is an interesting contrast to the book I am currently listening to, War and Peace. There is much to think about in the Ness universe and one can't help but contemplate the futility and high cost of war.