If Prentiss returns, he could theoretically do the very same thing to maintain his control. In the second book, the mayor establishes New Prentisstown, separating the men from the women and imprisoning the natives of the planet, called Spackle. However, the film doesn’t confirm his death and it’s possible that he could return to wreak more havoc on the new world.

In Ness’ first book, Viola is shot by Mayor Prentiss’ son Davy and her ship doesn’t actually land until the end of the second novel, called The Ask and the Answer.Īlthough Todd surrenders to the mayor to save Viola in the book, Chaos Walkingsees Prentiss plummeting to his doom four floors below the ship. While a sequel to Chaos Walking has not actually been confirmed, the Second Wave lays the foundation for the next chapter in Todd and Viola’s lives. Viola says (thinks, really) that her people made her promise she would make it here to “find a better life,” establishing that she will stay in the new world with Todd and work with her people to make a new life for themselves. The film’s finale sees the 4,000 people on Viola’s ship arrive, marking the Second Wave of human settlers on the planet. Related: Every Upcoming Sci-Fi Movie In 2021 Chaos Walkingends with Viola and Todd watching the new arrivals bring in their resources and vow to show them the ropes of the new world together. Together, they work to reboot the system and get the antenna to work once more so as to send a signal to the mothership in space. While the film doesn’t expand on the reasons behind why the human settlers arrived on the planet and why only the men’s thoughts can be heard, Chaos Walking’s finale leads Todd and Viola to find one of the first ships that came to the planet. The consequences of each action, each word, are unspeakably vast: To follow a tyrant or a terrorist? To save the life of the one you love most, or thousands of strangers? To believe in redemption, or assume it is lost? Becoming adults amid the turmoil, Todd and Viola question all they have known, racing through horror and outrage toward a shocking finale.Todd and Viola spend most of the movie on the run from Mayor Prentiss, who seeks to find and kill Viola along with Preacher Aaron and the citizens of Prentisstown.

And as the ceaseless Noise lays all thoughts bare, the projected will of the few threatens to overwhelm the desperate desire of the many. Ruthless human leaders prepare to defend their factions at all costs, even as a convoy of new settlers approaches. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. “This is science fiction at its best, and is a singular fusion of brutality and idealism that is, at last, perfectly human.” ( Booklist, starred review)Īs a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The riveting Chaos Walking trilogy by two-time Carnegie Medalist Patrick Ness.

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