Into the Silence is the first Torchwood novel I have read and I can easily say it was a good experience. My only fear, and it is a small one, is that that experience was made good because of Miss Pinborough who is my favorite female horror author of all time. All right, so there aren’t many female horror authors. She is a very reliable author though and I have only disliked one of her novels. Anyway, Into the Silence was gripping right from the beginning and has a surprising depth to it. For a novel such as this, it is rare to feel any emotion other than maybe excitement but Pinborough pulls it off in the short amount of pages she has. It is more of a science fiction novel than horror but both genres are blended together nicely. There is a mystery thrown in as well. I don’t know how anyone could stop reading a book in which people are mysteriously being killed and having their vocal cords removed. Did I mention that all the murdered are talented singers? What would want to removed the organs that allow talented singers to sing? Pinborough will tell you and, if the answer seems a little disappointing or difficult to accept, just keep going because the climactic ending is well worth it. I will definitely try to track down the other novels in this series as well as find more of Pinborough’s work and I strongly recommend that you do the same.