The Nature of Balance

by Tim Lebbon

Book Overview

One morning, the world does not wake up. People lie dead in their beds, killed by their own nightmares. They're lucky. For the few remaining survivors, the new world is a confusing, terrifying place.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843949260
• ISBN13: 9780843949261
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Tim Lebbon Is Brilliant.

Tim lebbon has made a fan out of me from the first book I read of his in the late 1990's, and continuing on to such a promiseing career, I know own all of his books (or the ones I could get my hands on). With all of TIm's books, The nature of Balance brings it! It's a vivid journey to the great unknown. If you don't read Lebbon, you're missing out!

Unnatural selection

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.

Literate and chilling!

Tim. Lebbon. Can. Write.This is a literate and chilling piece of work, the kind of Lovecraftian book that wears you down and leaves you exhausted.I bought it after noticing Mr. Lebbon "blurbed" Harry Shannon's rocking pulp-fest 'Night of the Beast,' and decided to give his work a try, too. I am very impressed. Mr. Lebbon makes you think. That is a good thing, especially these days.

Ambitious-- Lebbon Shoots and Scores

THE NATURE OF BALANCE is a very ambitious novel given its apocalyptic nature. I found myself wondering how Lebbon was ever going to satisfy the central conflict and wrap the thing up neatly-- he does both in grand style. Highly recommended.

Read this Book

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.