LAKE SILENCE is the first book in the World of the Others series, which is a spin-off of The Others. This thrilling and suspenseful fantasy novel by Anne Bishop can easily be read as a standalone novel. Although you might get a grasp of the world and characters a little better by reading the previous novels. Also, this might not be a book to read before bed because it might give you nightmares or make you question all the things that go bump in the night!

LAKE SILENCE takes you to a land far away, into a world where you want to stay and never leave. Bishop's writing style is flawless, captivating, and extraordinary with characters that are exciting and spellbinding. You will be swept away in a magical world where everything is so vividly life like.

Told from multiple point of views, with the chapter titles saying who was telling that part of the story. Bishop weaves together many thought patterns to create a more unique way to understand and see the characters as one person and together has a whole. This unique combination brings you a whole wider view of this intriguing world and its unusual inhabitants. Each character helps to add a new energy to the story that seems to draw you into the mystery and suspense. You get a sense of an old-style mystery with a twist and an unexpected ending. Let your imagination run wild as you are taken into a new addition to The Others.

The more I read, the more I did not want this story to end, but I had to know what was going to happen next. Chapter by chapter I was pulled in, not wanting to put the novel down. LAKE SILENCE is a must read!

Book Summary

Human laws do not apply in the territory controlled by the Others--vampires, shape-shifters, and even deadlier paranormal beings. And this is a fact that humans should never, ever forget....

After her divorce, Vicki DeVine took over a rustic resort near Lake Silence, in a human town that is not human controlled. Towns such as Vicki's don't have any distance from the Others, the dominant predators who rule most of the land and all of the water throughout the world. And when a place has no boundaries, you never really know what is out there watching you.

Vicki was hoping to find a new career and a new life. But when her lodger, Aggie Crowe--one of the shape-shifting Others--discovers a murdered man, Vicki finds trouble instead. The detectives want to pin the death on her, despite the evidence that nothing human could have killed the victim. As Vicki and her friends search for answers, ancient forces are roused by the disturbance in their domain. They have rules that must not be broken--and all the destructive powers of nature at their command.

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