Monster

Monster is the seventh book in the Gone Series. It is set four years after the events of Light.

Plot
Eighteen-year-old Shade Darby is on her way to school when her ex Malik Tenerife stops her and confronts her about her fascination with the FAYZ after her mother, Heather, was killed. After a new kid, Hugo"Cruz" Rojas, is beaten up for being transgender, Shade calls in sick and takes Cruz to her house to treat her injuries. After befriending Cruz, she tells her about the incoming meteors similar to the one that hit the power plant, which is ASO-3. She then reveals that she sabotaged the estimated coordinates, and only she knows where one of them will actually land.

Meanwhile, Dekka Talent is approached by Thomas Peaks from DARPA who wants to study her because she was a moof. She initially rejects, but reluctantly accepts after Peaks threatens to kidnap Sam Temple, who recently stopped drinking heavily.

ASO-2 lands in the sea near Scotland with the military ready to retrieve it, bounces twice, and lands in the outcroppings and fields of Scotland. Sean Macbeth a three-year-old boy has found a chunk of ASO-2 - around four ounces. and begins to nibble on it.

Shade and Cruz drive to the actual meteor destination and pick up most of it. But Justin DeVeere, an art student, finds a shard and eats it. On a plane, he suddenly morphs into a huge monster with a sword for an arm. Not knowing how to control his body, he tears the plane apart, but he does not want people to see who the monster is so he asks his girlfriend to light the plane on fire, killing everyone on it. At the same time, Aristotle "Armo" Adamo is taken by the military to be injected by polar bear DNA combined with shards of a meteor - he morphs into a half polar bear creature, but having serious ODD manages to resist the military's orders and escapes.

Shade has also eaten part of the meteor and finds she suddenly possesses such extreme speed that she (quite literally) makes Brianna Berenson look like she's standing still. Jealous, Cruz eats part of the meteor and finds she has Penny and Bug's abilities enhanced - she can create illusions around herself. The military works out what's going on and try and kidnap the two, but Malik helps them escape.

Justin DeVeere is now hiding out in a borrowed car of his girlfriend Erin O'day's sister. He begins to think of a plan to trick people thinking that the monster that he turns into isn't him but somewhat of an uncontrolled alter ego as some people outside of the plane saw him. he is then approached by a police officer and had recognized Justin and calls for back up, Justin then morphs and cuts off the officers arm and escapes. He drives to the golden gate bridge and is trapped by many police cars. He attacked them as well as taking down the golden gate bridge killing all the people on it. he escapes on a boat under the bridge with Erin.

Dekka has been given the meteor and can become a cat-like, sonic screeching shredder. She escapes when as well as destroying a part of the ranch she realizes Peaks intends to use her to fight wars and meets up with Armo. Shade and Justin cross paths and Shade tries to take down Justin to prove she's not evil, but Justin, calling himself Knightmare and trying to escape to a life of isolation, is kidnapped by Gwendolyn DiMarco, who kills his girlfriend, Erin O'Day.

Sean Macbeth still nibbling on ASO-2 begins to change into a monster nightmarish version of the hungry caterpillar and eats everything he sees.

Peaks is demoted because of Dekka, and angry, he eats three shards of the rock - three times the dose that Armo, Dekka, Shade, Cruz, and Justin have had. After finding Drake Merwin - who still has Brittney's regeneration powers but now also her face half-emerging from his chest - Peaks makes a deal to recruit Drake, telling him of his very powerful morph, which Drake accepts. Peaks then morphs into a massive stone-like giant, who spills napalm.

Dekka and Armo return to Perdido Beach, where Diana is replacing the flowers on Caine's graves. Dekka moves through and quickly mourns Duck Zhang, Hunter Lefkowitz, Orc, Mary Terrafino, and even Caine Soren, before breaking down at Brianna's grave. Then she and Armo continue to where they've heard the "Mother Rock" is - a huge meteor.

Shade, Cruz, Malik, Dekka, and Armo all arrive at the dock and fight Peaks and Drake, but Malik is fatally wounded and Cruz stays with him, trying to decide whether or not to give him some of the rock. Just when Peaks has triumphed and accidentally defeats Drake, but doesn’t kill him, Vincent Vu arrives - he's eaten five shards of the Mother Rock and is a huge starfish-like monster. He wipes Shade, Dekka, and Armo aside like they're nothing, drags Peaks into the water where he barely survives, and even defeats Justin, who the military is trying to use as a soldier. He reveals to Shade that the "Dark Watchers" they've all felt are behind the Gaiaphage, and are watching them like TV. Vincent demorphs and goes into hiding. Dekka and Armo go to Sam and Astrid’s house, and Shade and Cruz take Malik to the nearest hospital.

Sean Macbeth has eaten his sister Delia Macbeth and seventeen other people in the village. the military then comes and shoots a missile from a helicopter, killing him.

Characters
Characters that appear in Monster:

Gaia, Brianna, Heather, Caine, Orc, Little Pete, and Alex all appear in flashbacks. Mary, Hunter, Astrid, Lana, and Duck are mentioned.

Deaths

 * Erin - vaporized by missiles sent at Justin "Knightmare" DeVeere.
 * Edith Windsor (Dekka's cat) - accidentally shredded by Dekka with her new powers.
 * Sean Macbeth - killed by the military due to his caterpillar mutation.
 * Delia Macbeth - eaten by her brother due to his caterpillar mutation.
 * Carl - shredded out of mercy by Dekka Talent due to him wanting to die.
 * passengers on plane killed by Justin DeVeeres morph
 * people on golden gate bridge killed by Justin DeVeeres morph