The knife of never letting go by Patrick Ness

. Ness, P. (2008). The knife of never letting go. Boston, MA: Candlewick Press

Ted Hewitt is a boy in a town where there are only men. The women are killed off by an alien race known as the Spackle. The Spackle infected the men with a weapon that can make them read their own thoughts and even animals. Ted is surprise when he goes to hunt at the swamp where he encounters an unusual silence. Ted comes to tell his adoptive parents, Ben and Cillian of his experience in the swamp of pure silence that he never encountered before. Ted’s adoptive parents pressure him to leave the town after the town finds out about his experience in the swamp. Ted leaves and encounters a girl that came from a scouting ship. At the end Arron wants to kill Ted and ends up being killed by the girl only to be shot by one of the men. Ted is desperate to save Viola that he asked the mayor to help save her. 

The series continues when Ted is asking the men of his city to save Viola from a gun shot. But the Mayor Prestiss wants to make a New Prentiss town where he is the one who rules. All stories are filled with suspense and mystery.