The silence

Title:

The silence

Author:

Summary:

"In the darkness of a underground cave system, cut off from the world for millennia, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed. Swarming from their prison, they multiply and thrive. To scream, even to whisper, is to summon death. Deaf for many years, Ali knows how to live in silence. Now, it is her family's only chance of survival. To leave their home, to shun others, to find a remote haven where they can sit out the plague. But will it ever end? And what kind of world will be left?"-- Page 4 of cover.

Edition:

First mass market edition.

Physical Description:

398 pages ; 18 cm

Genre:

Horror fiction.

Subject Term:

Silence -- Fiction.

Survival -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Titan Books,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9781781168820

Publication Information:

London : Titan Books, 2016.

Call Number:

LEBBON

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Now a gripping Netflix movie starring Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka.

A suspenseful masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author Tim Lebbon. In the darkness of a underground cave system, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed... Swarming from their prison, the creatures thrive and destroy. To scream, even to whisper, is to summon death. As the hordes lay waste to Europe, a girl watches to see if they will cross the sea. Deaf for many years, she knows how to live in silence; now, it is her family's only chance of survival. To leave their home, to shun others, to find a remote haven where they can sit out the plague. But will it ever end? And what kind of world will be left?

Author Notes

Tim Lebbon is the New York Times bestselling author of the movie novelizations of 30 Days of Night and The Cabin in the Woods . He has also written many critically acclaimed horror and dark fantasy novels. Tim has won three British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, a Shocker, a Tombstone and been a finalist for the International Horror Guild and World Fantasy Awards.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Stoker and Derleth winner Lebbon (Coldbrook) delivers a chilling and heart-wrenching story that transcends its "yet another global apocalypse" trappings. This time the danger in the not-too-distant future (2016) is from "vesps." These carnivorous flying creatures have been released from a long-sealed underground cave system in central Europe, where they evolved to rely on their hearing to find meat. As the vesps speed towards the U.K., Ally, a Deaf teenager, and her family attempt to escape to a quieter part of England. Ally and her father, Huw, struggle to deal with the unleashed monsters as well as the inevitable horrors committed by other humans in desperate times. Although Lebbon delivers graphic violence and gore, it's the sense of despair that really creates the terror, as reports from the internet dwindle and the family watches people and animals die. The sacrifices made for survival are brutal, leading to a horrific and intense climax. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Watching a nature program, deaf teen Ally is horrified when spelunkers exploring a deep cave system in Moldova are suddenly attacked by flying creatures that kill everyone in the area. Faster than anyone thought possible, the beings, dubbed "vesps," spread across Europe and even make it to its Western edge, Britain. Vesps are attracted to sound, so Ally and her family pack their car intending to reach a remote area of Scotland, but the road is full of perils. VERDICT Creature-feature horror is a staple of the genre for good reason. -Lebbon's (Coldbrook) latest hits all the notes you would expect as the family pulls together, faces a rolling parade of crises, sees the worst of their fellow man, and, of course, fights creepy, vicious monsters. Ally's disability means that her family is better prepared than most for a world in which any sound can bring flying death upon you. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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