Publication Date: 22nd December from Smithcraft Press.
Source: Publisher advanced reading copy
Unnatural calm prevails. Trepidation builds. Silently, a storm gathers.
Survivors from mainland Europe and North America converge on Britain. Weary, confused, all come seeking answers; some are spoiling for a fight.
What began with the Cleansing and was hastened by the Beacon nears fruition. But time is running out, and human numbers are too few to win the last battle alone. Unless help can be found from the unlikeliest of allies, failure is assured.
Humankind faces its ultimate test. The Reckoning is upon us.
So we (sadly) come to the end of the Earth Haven saga then – Sam Kates has written a brilliant trilogy one in which the end is not disappointing but marvellous, I have loved it all the way through.
The thing about this story is it does have a more unusual plot, something slightly different to the normal “plague comes everyone wanders about fighting with each other then dies” type post apocalyptic drama – very character focused with moments as well of pure action, that come upon you suddenly and leave you slightly out of breath.
In The Reckoning the final battle is coming, it is a battle of unexpected allies and unusual foes as has been set up during the previous two books – on the way to the really quite excellent finale the author pulls together the various strands of the created mythology in fine fashion – addictive reading from some very clever writing.
I do like a well told yarn and this is a darned good one – the first book really set the scene and was unexpectedly clever – book two gave the middle ground as things settled then went into upheavel once more – all the time we were getting to know more and more about a set of characters I have come to love and certainly they will stay with me.
Overall a really excellent and top notch set of novels to be had here – a story to be savoured and I have no hesitation in highly recommending these for fans of Scifi, Fantasy and post apocalytic shenanigans – I can’t imagine that you will be disappointed especially if you like something just slightly quirkier than expected. And absolute brownie points for never letting the quality slip. Not a single dull moment to be had anywhere in the Earth Haven trilogy. Rocking.
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