#85 in Thriller
The Last Town
- 343
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Last Town” ends the Wayward Pines trilogy as an all-out survival thriller, with the danger now coming from beyond the fence. Some readers miss the slow build of mystery from the first two books and find the twists harder to credit; to them it reads like a last act left over from the second volume. Quick and solid, it satisfies mainly as an ending.
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About the book
The final book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade What’s inside was a nightmare. What’s outside is a thousand times worse. Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed. But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world beyond. And now that secret is about to come storming through the fence to wipe out this last, fragile remnant of humanity. The Last Town at last pitches Ethan Burke and his fellow residents into all-out war against the forces outside the town’s gates—and in doing so delivers every bit the riotously horrific, breathlessly action-packed conclusion that the Wayward Pines trilogy deserves.
Reading order · The Wayward Pines Trilogy
Full order & progress →- PinesStart here
7.77.7 / 10 - Wayward
7.97.9 / 10 - The Last TownThis book
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 395 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 395 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Last Town?
It has 343 pages — shorter than 88% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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