The Second Solomon Creed - The Boy Who Saw

THE SECOND IN THE TRILOGY

I have re-read ‘the boy who saw’. The front cover proclaims that:

‘only one boy can see the darkness’
‘only one man can save him from it’

It is the second book in the Solomon Creed triology by Simon Toyne and I am impatient for the third and final one to appear.

Having read the first book I became hooked on the character, Solomon Creed, and being amazed, and wondered at, how this extraordinary being came about. He carries the stories, but the writer has also created other essential and interesting characters. Some good and, of course, some bad. If you have read the first story you could expect more of same except Creed has moved continents and the motivations for violence have different origins. It is an enthralling read and there is again, so much detail. It as an absorbing book.

This story is firmly rooted in European history of the last century and also as rooted in political events of even last year. He has created players that want to see the end of liberalism and the rise of more nationalistic ideas. Toyne has treated these subjects with respect and he acknowledges, in his depth of research, the assistance of others. What next will come, I wonder.