Reaper's Legacy: Book Two (Toxic City) (22 page)

“Right then,” Sparky said, clapping his hands together. “Reaper's at war, Miller's pushed the button on a nuclear bomb that'll explode at any time and flatten London, any Choppers left are out to avenge their dead friends. And I'm bloody staving. So what's next?”

The four of started walking back the way they'd come, but no one answered Sparky's final question.

None of them could know.

Thanks as always to my agent Howard Morhaim, and to my editor Lou Anders.

TIM LEBBON is a
New York Times
-bestselling writer from South Wales. He's had almost thirty novels published to date, as well as dozens of novellas and hundreds of short stories. His most recent releases include
Coldbrook
from Arrow/Hammer,
London Eye
(book one of the Toxic City trilogy) from Pyr in the United States,
Nothing as It Seems
from PS Publishing, and
The Heretic Land
from Orbit, as well as the Secret Journeys of Jack London series (coauthored with Christopher Golden),
Echo City
, and the
Cabin in the Woods
novelisation. Future novels include
Into the Void: Dawn of the Jedi (Star Wars)
from Del Rey/Star Wars Books. He has won four British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Scribe Award, and has been a finalist for International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, and World Fantasy Awards.

Fox 2000 acquired film rights to
The Secret Journeys of Jack London
, and he and Golden wrote the first draft of the screenplay. A TV series of his Toxic City trilogy is in development with ABC Studios in the United States, and he's also working on new screenplays, both solo and in collaboration with Stephen Volk.

Find out more about Tim at his website,
www.timlebbon.net
.