The award-winning Tim Lebbon gets hearts racing with this terrifying post-apocalyptic thriller
TIM LEBBON is a New York Times-bestselling writer from South Wales. He's had over twenty novels published to date, as well as dozens of novellas and hundreds of short stories. Recent books include The Secret Journeys of Jack London: The Wild (co-authored with Christopher Golden), Echo City, The Island, The Map of Moments (with Christopher Golden), and Bar None. He has won four British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Scribe Award, and has been a finalist for International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, and World Fantasy Awards. Fox 2000 recently acquired film rights to The Secret Journeys of Jack London, and Tim and Christopher Golden have delivered the screenplay. Several more of his novels and novellas are currently in development, and he is also working on TV and movie proposals, solo and in collaboration. Find out more about Tim at his website www.timlebbon.net
Lebbon takes zombie apocalypse to new levels. Science and gore are
leavened by a compelling interweaving of engaging characters and
some wonderfully poignant moments: a scientist who pauses from
meticulously picking off the zombies to wonder if he might just be
mad and slaughtering innocents; an engineer torn between love for
his family and the awful knowledge of what he has done; a
disease-ridden young woman who loses everything and yet may offer
humankind's only hope. Compelling, humane horror from one of the
genre's leading exponents.
*Guardian*
Lebbon’s prose is cold, lean and ruthlessly efficient... Where the
book excels is in the scenes on the parallel world. There’s a
dislocating sense of the uncanny here – the differences subtle, but
powerful. It’s here, and in the book’s smaller, scarier moments,
rather than the widescreen scenes of apocalyptic carnage, where
Coldbrook finds its true power.
*SFX Magazine*
Coldbrook is a heart pounding, blood drenched, yet intelligent and
original take on the undead. It successfully blends the horror,
fantasy and science fiction elements into an utterly compelling and
satisfying story that stays with you after the book is finished.
Zombie stories don't get much better than this.
*Starburst*
I had no notion of what to expect when I cracked this open at page
one but I’m glad to say I was very impressed. I’ve read a lot of
apocalyptic fiction and Coldbrook is right up there with the best.
I’m always on the lookout for a fresh interpretation of the end of
the world, and with this novel I think I may have just found it.
All we need to do now is find a movie company who are willing to
bring this striking vision to life on the big screen ... Highly
recommended.
*The Eloquent Page*
The apocalyptic visions and survivors fights are vicious and
gripping ... Lebbon creates vivid characters through an ensemble
‘cast’, which breathes life and individuality into the book. In
fact, as mentioned earlier, through its brutal imagery, plot
construction and strong characterisation, I felt as though I were
almost reading a middle period Stephen King book, if it were not
for Lebbon’s distinctive authorial voice. A truly breathtaking
horror fantasy that had me reading into the wee hours of the
morning in order to reach the end. Well done Mr Lebbon.
*Terrortree.co.uk*
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