The Last Storm
The Shadows

3.0 Stars I have loved several of Tim Lebbon's previous books so I was interested to read his newest release. I find he tends to write really engaging pageturners. However, this was a departure from that. I felt like he was trying to write a more character driven story. The challenge to these types o......more

Huge thanks to Tim, Titan Books and Netgalley for the ARC of this one! Over the last number of years, I’ve read a bunch of Tim’s work and really come to love his way of storytelling. No matter which book it has been, at the cores have always been family and the resolve to survive and work together, e......more

A gripping and immersive post-apocalyptic eco-horror infused with intense family drama and driven by a tight plot and compelling, morally grey characters. Set in a near-future US where climate change has turned large sections of the country into barren, inhospitable desert. The story follows a fract......more

SStars: 2 out of 5. This book tried to marry two different ideas in the same story - a climate disaster story and a story about people with a special ability that ties them to a different world/dimension. I think the author wanted to pay homage to Stephen King and his many books that did the same thi......more

The Last Storm, by author Tim Lebbon, is a beautifully brutal collision of horror, science fiction, fantasy and environmental awareness. The characters are rich and complex, the plot is unique, and the structure is engaging. In the Last Storm, the reader is first introduced to Jesse—a man who, throug......more