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Title: The Nature of Balance by Tim Lebbon ISBN: 0-8439-4926-0 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Read this Book
Comment: Tim's first novel for the wonderful Leisure line of horror paperbacks - some of which have only previously been available in expensive, although admittedly attractive hardback editions - is an excellent addition to a range of top quality fiction. Although the basic premise of the novel is not wholly original, Tim's prose is excellent throughout the whole book. I was totally caught up with the characters struggle within the bleak world that is brought to ever increasing (mutant) life as the narrative progresses. Although the book has its gory moments, the horror of this tale is psychological; its protagonists are faced with a future filled with little hope. I can easily recommend that you buy this and other titles by Tim Lebbon. Big things are predicted for this writer's future.
Rating: 4
Summary: Perfect Balance
Comment: I have to admit that I've grown tired of post-apocalyptic novels. They all started feeling the same after a while. Too many authors have tried to imitate the classics, like King's The Stand, McCammon's Swan Song or the undervalued Earth Abides. But here comes Nature of Balance, an original, terrifying and brilliantly written novel that delivers everything a good horror novel should, and more.
When the greater part of the earth's population dies in one single night (dying through their dreams), the small group of survivors have to try and find a way to live in this changing new world. Not only has everyone died, but the nature and the animals themsevles are evolving into something more terrifying. And who exactly is that mysterious woman that keeps showing her face whenever trouble occurs?
You have a group of very distinct and very original characters, something that is quite rare in this genre. You have Blane, an elderly man who has always loved nature, the father figure of sorts. You have Peer, a young woman who might just have a greater part to play in all of this than she first thought possible. You have Holly and Paul, two strangers who will find something comfort in each other's presence. And you have Mary, a wild girl who has finally found her purpose in a world that has always turned its back on her.
When all these characters meet and mingle, bad things abound. The novel itself is a wild ride that never seems to stop. There is a slight part in the middle of the book that feels a little long, but besides this, the rest is a greatly written novel that never disappoints. And the finale is imaginative and completely unpredictable. Many things a revealed in the end and every piece of the puzzle falls in place.
The Nature of Balance is a novel by Tim Lebbon, who's writing is skilled and very confident. This is one author to watch for. There are great things awaiting him in the future!
Rating: 5
Summary: Unnatural selection
Comment: A world dreams of falling and does not wake up. People everywhere lie broken and bloody in their beds, as if assaulted by some unseen, deadly force. A handful of survivors find themselves fighting against a wild world whose mutations have ceased to follow any kind of normal evolutionary path. At the center of it all is Blane, a man with no memory of his past, a man who has always felt most at home in the forest but now finds it has rejected him; and Fay, a mad force of nature bound in human form and bent on hideous revenge.
It may seem like just another end-of-the-world story (or is it a beginning?) at first but Lebbon looks at the situations on a deeply personal level and takes them in surprising directions. It is very much a character driven story. You will care about these people -- even the bad ones.
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Title: The Policy by Bentley Little ISBN: 0451209540 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Fears Unnamed by Tim Lebbon ISBN: 0843952008 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Harvest by Scott Nicholson ISBN: 0786015799 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Face by Tim Lebbon ISBN: 0843951958 Publisher: Dorchester Pub Co Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Reign of the Dead : by Len Barnhart ISBN: 0595192033 Publisher: Writer's Showcase Press Pub. Date: 22 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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