The Island
Published by Bantam Spectra/Allison & Busby
Availability
USA (trade paperback)
UK (hardback)
Ebook: Kindle UK – Kindle US – Kobo – Nook UK – Nook US – Sony US – Waterstones
also available on Ibooks for Apple
There are two different Audio book versions, hence two links per site:
Audible UK 1 – Audible UK 2 – Audible US 1 – Audible US 2
Kel Boon was once an agent of the land’s most secret organisation, tracking and eliminating the Strangers from beyond Noreela. But then one horrifying encounter left his superior officer–and lover–dead, along with many innocents. Kel has been running ever since, hiding out as a simple wood-carver in the fishing village of Pavmouth Breaks. When when a mysterious island appears during a cataclysmic storm, sending tidal waves to smash the village, his training tells him to expect the worst. How can he warn the surviving villagers that the visitors may not be the peace-loving pilgrims they claim to be? That this might be the invasion he has long feared … and that he may be Noreela’s last chance?
Reviews:
” .. gripping adventure … (a) solidly constructed tale.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“this stand-alone story is a pulsepounding adventure with visceral thrills and Lebbon’s signature moral ambiguity.” – Booklist
“a uniquely terrifying horror fantasy that contrasts the homey comforts of a small seaport town with horrors that come from the realm of nightmares. A tandout choice for most dark fantasy readers.” – Library Journal
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February 9th, 2009 at 8:06 am
I recently read Delolation and loved it. It was so different then what I usually read from Leisure books. I’m going to read the FAce next. Do you have any other books coming out from Leisure Books. Hope so. That Hellboy Novel looks good. Take care, Ken.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Hi Ken … glad you liked Desolation! No plans for any more Leisure books at the moment. But Night Shade should be releasing a new horror novel from me soon called BAR NONE (check out the Forthcoming Books box on the right).
February 27th, 2009 at 5:08 am
just read dusk & dawn loved them
March 8th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
According to Amazon Canada [at this here link] there is going to be a hard-cover version from A&B in June of this year, and only a fortnight after the tradepaper version comes out.
Any truth to that, or is it another balls-up in their data-base?
March 9th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Ian, it’s true. I’ll announce it ‘properly’ on the site tomorrow, but yep, A&B are doing this one too.
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Asolutly loved Dusk, Dawn, and Fallen!!! cant wait to pick up a copy of The Island!!!!
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Thanks Kenny! So you’re the one! Please do spread the word, and let me know what you think of THE ISLAND.
November 28th, 2009 at 1:42 am
What do you mean im the one?? And yes i am spreading the word!! I got a couple of people interested in Dusk, just got to get them to buy it now lol!
November 28th, 2009 at 2:18 am
So, I was wondering if noreela.com is going to get more updated for Dawn, Fallen, and The Island?
November 30th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Kenny, I should definitely work on that. We shall see.
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Hey Tim, Finally picked up a copy of The Island, had to have the local bookstore order it lol, I am having a hard time putting it down!!! Very good book!!! Cant wait to finish it
July 6th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Is there going to be a follow up to The Island, loved it.
October 19th, 2010 at 4:43 am
Mr. Lebbon, will there be more books in the Noreela Universe?
October 26th, 2010 at 7:55 am
Travis, not at the moment, unfortunately. But my new novel ECHO CITY is out now, and if you liked Noreela, you’ll love this …
July 20th, 2011 at 11:33 am
I love the Noreela books….I tried to go to the website but kept getting error messages, is it no longer running?
July 20th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
James, I’m afraid that site is no more. However …….. there will be something Noreela-related coming soon. Watch my site for details!
June 25th, 2015 at 11:26 pm
Found your book Dawn in a library sale for 50 cents. Read it in 2 days. Amazing story telling!The only fault I can find is with myself in not knowing your work before hand and reading things out of order. So now off to find a copy of Dusk and every other Noreela book I can get my hands on! Well done sir!You have won a fan in me.
June 7th, 2016 at 3:45 am
Hello, read all of the noreela novels a few years back, and have occasionally checked back here to see if you have decided to pick it back up again. I absolutely loved every one of them and hope to see the series expanded again one day, you did an absolute wonderful job on those. Sorry to see the noreela site is no more, but hopefully seeing you have a following with it will make you want to revisit it again. Thank you
July 18th, 2016 at 8:18 am
Ken, thank you so much. I loved those books and really, really enjoyed writing them. Unfortunately I don’t write for Bantam any more, so the idea of writing more in the series for another publisher is unlikely. And with a series, if the initial books didn’t sell huge — and these didn’t — I’m not sure it’s a wise more. Maybe more novellas, though!
August 3rd, 2016 at 11:05 pm
I just picked up the island at the library but have just discovered that are books in the series before it. Can it be read as a standalone?
Thanks