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  • The Edge

  • Relics, Book 3
  • Written by: Tim Lebbon
  • Narrated by: Esther Wane
  • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)

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Written by: Tim Lebbon
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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A diseased town - long hidden beneath a lake - rises from the depths to become a focus of the war between humankind and the Kin.

There exists a secret and highly illegal trade in mythological creatures and their artifacts. Certain individuals pay fortunes for a sliver of a satyr's hoof, a gryphon's claw, a basilisk's scale, or an angel's wing. Embroiled in the hidden world of the Relics, creatures known as the Kin, Angela Gough is now on the run in the United States.

Forty years ago the town of Longford was the site of a deadly disease outbreak that wiped out the entire population. The infection was contained, the town isolated, and the valley in which it sits flooded and turned into a reservoir. The truth - that the outbreak was intentional, and not every resident of Longford died - disappeared beneath the waves.

Now the town is revealed again. The Kin have an interest in the ruins, and soon the fairy Grace and the Nephilim leader Mallian are also drawn to them. The infection has risen from beneath silent waters, and this forgotten town becomes the focus of the looming battle between humankind and the Kin.
©2019 Tim Lebbon (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Dark Fantasy Fantasy Horror Fiction
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Silly. Sophomoric. Graphic. Explicit.

Tim Lebbon populates his story with Pixies, Dwarves, Fairies, and Mermaids.. but then makes them as foul-mouthed as proverbial sailors, has them feed on raw - sometimes living - flesh, and soaks them in blood/covers them in tattered flesh as they rip each other (and humans) to shreds. The degree of gory violence in this story is jawdropping.
To be sure, Lebbon introduces some interesting ideas (the Nephilim 'Mallian' maneuvering to "Ascend" and lead the Fae ("Kin") to acheive the subjugation of a clueless humanity; a failed Bioweapons test inadvertantly infecting hidden mythical beings to make them mindlessly violent; Kin magically turning each other into murderous automatons; etc) - but the vivid imagery is obviously intended to shock the reader and the dialogue is often painfully stilted. The book is awkwardly incongruous.

I am frankly impressed with reader Esther Wane being able to deliver this script with a straight face. Despite reading too slowly (listen at 1.15X), a troublesome natural sibilance (avoid earbuds), and some headshakingly cartoonish character interpretations (I was actually grateful that a particularly annoying major character was killed midway through the story).. Wane delivers a "professional" performance. Taking into account what she was given to work with, she was a wise casting choice from Blackstone Audio Inc.

'The Edge' merits a relatively disappointing 5 stars out of 10. It's the strongest book in Lebbon's 'Relics' trilogy (the pacing is much improved, for example) and worth a download for readers invested in the series.. but otherwise, don't bother.

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