A Whisper of Southern Lights

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths. Never having had the pleasure to read Tim Lebbon’s Assassin series, I did not know what to expect of this standalone tale set in that universe. What I discovered was a blood and guts, realistic yet mythical tale centered around the horrors of the fall of Singapore......more

Another Good Short from Tim Lebbon I'm really getting into the Assassin short tales. In this one, a sequel to Pieces of Hate, the man named Gabriel chases the demon called Temple, hell bent on revenge. The demon killed his family and Gabriel is cursed to pursue him through the centuries. This particu......more

Review also published here Disclaimer: The publisher sent me a print ARC of this one last year, along with a book I had requested specifically. A Whisper of Southern Lights is billed as a stand-alone entry in Tim Lebbon's The Assassin series. However, I would still recommend reading the first i......more

Although I was not a big fan of Lebbon’s previous two installments in his Assassin’s series — “Dead Man’s Hand” and “Pieces of Hate,” collected together in the recent Tor novella, Pieces of Hate (reviewed here) — there were enough interesting ideas in Pieces of Hate to keep me curious enough to see......more

I was sent this by the publisher at no cost. Lebbon continues not to be entirely my thing - too gruesome, for a start, with this story being set at the fall of Singapore in WW2 - but he also continues to intrigue me with this relationship between Gabriel and Temple. However, I didn't love this new st......more