I was expecting big, humanoid, freaky creatures, like the wendigo’s from PS4 horror game Until Dawn but with wings: And as for the Vesps, they didn’t really scare me. Lebbon’s writing is perfectly fine – like I said, he’s obviously experienced – but I found the plotting to be a little off. In all honesty, it was the dog that I cared about the most. At the end I think I did care for them a bit but if all of them had been killed off it would have been a moment of “oh, that’s a shame” and then I’d have got on with my day. I didn’t care much whether the characters lived or died.

But I wasn’t on the edge of my seat by any means. Maybe a little apprehensive at times as the Vesps (the name of the blind, bat-like creatures that lay waste to Europe not a very scary name) make their way towards the UK. He obviously knows what he’s doing, but this novel kind of just fell flat for me. Lebbon has written a fair few horror novels. The back cover is peppered with quotes from other authors who enjoyed the book and I usually love anything apocalyptic. Deaf for years, she knows how to live in silence now, it is her family’s only chance of survival. As the hordes lay waste to Europe, a girl watches to see if they will cross the sea.

Then there is light, voices, and they feed… Swarming from their prison, the creatures thrive to whisper is to summon death. Synopsis: In the darkness of a underground cave, blind creatures hunt by sound.

The silence novel tim lebbon