The Reach of Children, the latest novela by Tim Lebbon, is a story of childhood, bereavement and hope, and explores just how far some people — living, or dead — will go to protect the ones they love.
Daniel is ten years old when his mother dies. She dies young, and with so much left to give. He does not understand. He cannot let her go.
After the funeral, his father begins talking to a large wooden box that suddenly appears beneath his bed. And when Daniel whispers to the box one day when his father goes out… it answers back.
It's a voice he does not know. But this voice knows so much.
The novella comes complete with an Introduction written by Michael Marshall Smith, as well as an Author’s Afterword, making this so much more than a simple novella. No, this is a towering monolith of a must have book for the ‘Lebbon Acolyte’ and general horror reader alike.
This is the only planned publication of The Reach of Children and can be pre-ordered in two differing editions, both of which will be formally released in September.
— SPECIAL EDITION—
This ‘Special Edition’ includes all the text described above, plus bears the original signature of Mr. Lebbon, as well as being one of only 450 copies to ever be created in this hardback, dual cover edition. Each copy has different artwork on the dust jacket as well as the outer surface of the book proper [see image at bottom of page], and is individually numbered to identify its place in this once-only production run.
 ADVANCE PRAISE:
The quest for magic is where writing comes in.
…
Lebbon has written one of the best and most emotionally convincing stories about death that I have ever read. It is not, however, remotely depressing, or morbid… in a story which subtly and relentlessly unnerves, engages and involves, and will find you quickly turning every page to find out what happens next.
Half an hour after I’d finished reading it, my three-year-old son came barrelling up into the study, wanting to hang out and do stuff. I still had The Reach of Children running through my head, and so, instead of defaulting to the standard response that Daddy’s busy, I got up from my desk and went downstairs with him to do stuff and hang out. The story I’d just read had made me more mindful of the fact we’re dead for a long time, and that there’s a lot of things to get done before we die.
That’s what writing is for.
And when it’s this good, it really can work magic.
— Michael Marshall Smith, from his Foreword
PLEASE NOTE:
There is also a Very Special Edition of this title available, complete with a wooden display box, audio CD of Mr. Lebbon (reading his exclusive Humdrumming short story), a silk ribbon bookmark, and is signed by both Mr. Lebbon and Michael Marshall Smith. For ordering details [click here]
For either of these editions, we highly recommend placing your order immediately, as Mr. Lebbon’s reputation as a writer makes copies of his books much desired for their story-telling quality, and therefore frequently valuable when available in limited editions such as these. Order your part of the Tim Lebbon Legacy today!
Praise for Mr. Lebbon:
Tim Lebbon writes with a pen dipped in the dark stuff of nightmare.
— K.J. Bishop, the author of The Etched City
Lebbon has a way of throwing staggering images at you which you almost have to pause and think about before you can fully grasp.
— Paul Kearney, author of The Mark of Ran
For current British horror, few produce it as well as Lebbon.
— Bookgasm
…Lebbon’s writing … is profoundly moral, which is the hallmark of a serious writer, not merely a writer who takes his writing seriously.
— All Hallows
Remember the energy and poetry of the tree-top battle in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Tim Lebbon goes out on a limb — and then springs up into the clouds. That’s how his fiction plays.
— Ed Bryant, Locus
Lebbon never disappoints. His consistently first-rate stories crackle with invention and surprises galore.
— Simon Clark
Below is the art from the outer surface of the book
[click image to enlarge and see entire art]
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