by Lambros Tower

A Mystery/Thriller, Independently Published in 2025, 516 Pages 

What I Didn’t Like:

• The formatting is rough. No quotation marks? Dashes to start paragraphs? No separation, then, between dialogue and dialogue tag? I’m normally one to ignore such idiosyncrasies but that bugged me
• The dialogue and sentence structures are choppy and awkward. There’s also a lot of showing vs telling, which makes things that should feel emotional land wrong because you’re not connected to the main character like you should be in a story like this.
• The opening chapter is paced weird. It’s like the author chose to start too close to the action so they had to info dump to give you what they wanted you to have before the book starts.
• I truly WANT a book that takes place in the London Underground during WWII. I think there’s an underexplored story there. But I wanted one to be more accurate. Less than 200,000 people were there per night, nowhere near the millions this book claims. Also, why are we NEVER mentioning the RR tracks? They followed tracks, slept on tracks, and had to come out or avoid trains in the daytime. I want that book but this isn’t it. 

What I Did Like:

• The horrors of war are the focus of this one. Families ripped apart, rations that cause starvation, and isolation all play a part. 
• Some mystery develops late in the story and leads into what will become book 2.
• The London Underground during WWII is an underutilized and intriguing topic.

Who Should Read This One:

• Unfortunately, the editing required for this one makes it something we cannot recommend in this state.

My Rating: 1 Star

• While the concept has potential, this needs serious editing before we can recommend it.