To give it its full title.  I've been getting a lot of queries about book two in recent days, so as I sit here still frozen solid inside my house in an area of Kent where ice doesn't melt, it's a good opportunity to put all the info about it together in one place.

Book two is called The Ask and The Answer and is out in May in the UK (already for sale on Amazon), July in Australia and September in the US (with Italy, Germany, Spain and France to follow and more to come, details when I can).  It's got a very snazzy cover, based on the hugely well-received acetate cover of The Knife of Never Letting Go and as soon as I get a good image of it, I'll post it here.

Looking for more?  Here's the blurb:

"Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola the last few feet into Haven...  And right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss.

"In exchange for Viola's safety, Todd is forced to work with the Mayor in creating a new society for the settlers to come, one based on bringing an ominous-sounding order to the chaos of New Prentisstown.

"But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer?

"And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode...

"Tense, shocking and deeply moving, The Ask and the Answer is a terrifying novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure."

Exciting, eh?  I'll say no more.  You'll just have to read it when it comes out (soon...)