History Literature / Gone

* MinimalisticCoverArt: [[http://www.michaelgrantdownunder.com/p/gone.html The UK/Aus/NZ editions give a much more foreboding feel to the books.]] The image doesn't even do it justice: the author's name is only visible because of its gloss on an otherwise matte cover.

* HeelFaceTurn: Almost all of Caine's team does this at one point or another. [[spoiler: Computer Jack, Orc, Howard, Dianna, and eventually even Caine himself all do it.]]

%%* AmbiguousDisorder: Toto.

* HateSink: While most of the villains have too big of a FreudianExcuse or fall into the EvilIsCool category, there are to examples written solely for the readers to hate:

* HateSink: While most of the villains have too big of a [[Freudian Excuse]] or fall into the [[Evil Is Cool]] category, there are to examples written solely for the readers to hate:

* Hate Sink: While most of the villains have too big of a [[Freudian Excuse]] or fall into the [[Evil Is Cool]] category, there are to examples written solely for the readers to hate:

* PetTheDog: Caine surprisingly tells Computer Jack not to "sell himself short" on his filming of Andrew's poofing.

* ImaginaryFriend: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spidey]] is Toto's imaginary friend.

* SmugSnake: Zil Sperry hates [[HoYay all but one]] of his teammates, resents not being recognized as a formidable antagonist, and [[spoiler: gets himself killed in a poorly planned attempt to gain recognition.]] Very smug, very irritating, and, in the end, pretty worthless.

* MoralityPet: [[DarkChick Diana]] for [[BigBad Caine]] , although their relationship does show some abusive patterns on both sides. [[spoiler: In book four, he [[TookALevelInJerkAss takes a level in jerkass]] and drives her away.]]

* PregnantHostage: [[spoiler: Poor, poor 15 year old [[DarkChick Diana Ladris]] in ''Fear''. No one bothers trying to bail her out And she's left to give birth in a scorching hot, pitch black mine with two psychopaths who like to torture her. Fans of the character were reasonably miffed.]]

* ResurrectedMurderer: Drake, a sadistic teenager with a whip for a hand he likes to use to torture people to death, is killed in the second book, but his severed whip hand gets attached to Brittney, a girl who has the power to come BackFromTheDead. As a result, he ends up resurrected while SharingABody with Brittney.

* PreserveYourGays: All LGBT characters cross the finish line in the end, in contrast to just about everyone else.]]

%%* AsianAirhead: Taylor.
%%** [[spoiler: Gaia might as well be the poster child for this trope.]]
** [[spoiler: Penny applies as well, after JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope in ''Fear''.]]

* BoisterousBruiser: Brianna

* BullyingADragon: Pretty much all the normal kids towards the freaks.
* [[spoiler: BuryYourGays: Averted; all LGBT characters cross the finish line in the end, in contrast to just about everyone else.]]
%%* ButchLesbian: Dekka.

%%* CameBackWrong: Drake and Brittney, very much so.

%%* ChildSoldiers: Edilio trains them.

%%* CrapsackWorld: '''''YES'''''.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Too many to count, [[spoiler: but EZ being eaten alive by mutated worms certainly comes to mind.]] And anyone who Drake kills. And the kids eaten by coyotes during the Thanksgiving Battle. And the kids who get thrown through a wall by Caine. [[spoiler: And Panda's suicide]], particularly because of [[IAmAHumanitarian what happened afterwards]]. Much of the deaths in ''Plague'' count as well.

* EnemyMine: All over the place

* EvilOverlordList: Caine fails at 17, 24, 55, 61, 100, 111, 115, 131, 151, 164, 223 and possibly [[spoiler: 18 and 19]]. He actually follows 199.
** [[spoiler: 19. Only the reason for the rule is averted.]]

* {{Panspermia}}: [[spoiler:Origin of the Darkness.]]

* PowerPalms: Most mutant's powers come from their hands.

%%** Played straight with Astrid to Little Pete.

** But the laws of science are only different in the FAYZ which was made by [[spoiler: Little Pete]] who's [[LogicBomb powers may have come from the nuclear incident which means because nuclear power gives power, nuclear power gives powers.]]

* SavageWolves: The mutant coyotes in the desert.

%%* SharingABody: [[spoiler: Brittany and Drake.]]

%%* SicklyGreenGlow: Averted AND played straight.

%%* StarfishAliens: The Gaiaphage.

%%* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Diana, by Caine. [[FetusTerrible Lord help us.]]]]
%%* TeenageWasteland

%%* GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Loads of it in ''Light''.

Written by Creator/MichaelGrant, co-author of the hit book series ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'', ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'', ''Literature/EveAndAdam'', and author of ''Literature/{{BZRK}}''.

* ReformationAcknowledgment: Orc -- an eighth grade bully turned {{Accidental Murder}}er -- undergoes a HeelFaithTurn and teams up with the heroes. Shortly before the final battle against Gaia, Astrid assures Orc that he's one of the good guys now, no matter what he did in the past.

* AxCrazy: Drake. It gets worse after [[spoiler:Sam blows his arm off and The Darkness grants him a tentacle-like appendage to replace it]]. And even worse now that [[spoiler: He's back from the dead and SharingABody with Brittany, who Sam won't kill because she's innocent.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: Zil Sperry. Whenever he gets a CharacterFocus chapter, a lot of it is him admiring Lance and his looks. It's popular {{Fanon}} that he is gay but [[spoiler: we'll never find out as he's dead as of ''Plague''.]] Howard as well [[spoiler: but following in the footsteps of Zil we'll never know since he's dead as of ''Fear''.]]

* ILoveNuclearPower: One of the possible sources for the kids' superpowers. Justified because the series takes place in an AlternateUniverse where the laws of science have been rewritten.
** But the laws of science are only different in the FAYZ which was made by [[spoiler: Little Pete]] who's [[LogicBomb powers may have come from the nuclear incident which means because nuclear power gives power, nuclear power gives powers.]]

* KillEmAll: ''Fear'' does this a little, what with the deaths of [[spoiler: Howard, Mother Mary, and Penny]], but ''Light'' is the one that really takes the cake. Among others, we get the deaths of [[spoiler: Computer Jack, Brianna, Orc, Little Pete, Caine, Dahra, Drake, and Brittney.]]