The Silence, Tim Lebbon
The Silence, Tim Lebbon
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The Silence

Author: Tim Lebbon

Narrator: Marisa Calin, Ralph Lister

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/20/2018


Synopsis

In the darkness of a vast 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, Ally knows how to live in silence. Now, it is her family’s only chance of survival. They must leave their home, shun others, and find a remote haven where they can sit out the plague. But will it ever end? And what kind of world will be left?

About Tim Lebbon

Tim Lebbon has written more than forty horror, dark fantasy, and tie-in novels, including The Silence, Relics, Kong: Skull Island, and the Noreela fantasy series. He’s also written hundreds of novellas and short stories, winning several prestigious awards, and has had his work optioned and made for the big screen. He lives in Monmouthshire, UK.

About Marisa Calin

Marisa Calin is an actress, narrator, and novelist born in England and educated in New York at the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts. An artist with a flair for everything literary, she has written a young adult novel, You & Me, which received a Kirkus Starred Review, and has narrated the audio books Ruby Red and Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier.

About Ralph Lister

Ralph Lister is an experienced actor and voice artist who trained at LAMDA. He spent fifteen years in mainstage theatre in London, Madrid, Hong Kong, and Edinburgh before moving to America, where he focuses on film, television, and audiobook narration.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tom on April 17, 2019

I had heard that Netflix was coming out with a film adaptation of the book, so I got a jump on it by reading the book first. I’m so glad I did, because the book is one of the best apocalyptic stories I’ve ever read. The Netflix movie… err, not so much. I rated the movie a 3, but the book is an easy......more

Goodreads review by Justine on May 06, 2017

3.5 stars Pretty good mindless monster apocalypse horror. I found this to be a decently entertaining read, and it was page turning in the way Bird Box was, with a different story/same feel to it. Of the two books, though, I thought Bird Box was the better one. My main complaint was that the story her......more

Goodreads review by Carl on April 06, 2024

This was a fun read. I liked how it wasn’t a big rush to get from one plot point to the next. You were able to fully explore the moment and take in all that was happing. Although other times that I found the other one overboard with this. The book started too far away from the inciting incident. It......more

Goodreads review by Ken on July 01, 2019

There’s a growing trend of survival stories featuring the loss of one of the main senses is used as an aid. With the 2018 movie A Quiet Place and to a lesser extent Bird Box (that was also adapted by Netflix). Where The Silence differs is the use of technology as a news source to gain information. With......more


Quotes

“A masterful symphony of horror.” Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author