A magical adventure into the world of twilight
5 stars The Secret World of Twilight is just the sort of non-fiction I love at the moment. Written in poetic prose with a loving appreciation of the multitudes of intricate detail that fill its pages, it is a marvellous journey into a little understood time of day, dawn and dusk. The reader happily dives deep into twilight and the creatures who thrive there, us included. It's not only daylight and nighttime that matter but the magical half light where wonders occur. I honestly grabbed this book because I love so many crepuscular creatures - owls, bats, moths, cats - and hoped to learn more about them. I did, thank you, but learned much more than I could have expected. The terrestrial world is astounding but the lives of the creatures that dwell in the twilight zone of the sea is utterly mind-boggling. I know light pollution is a big problem, and can see the lit horizon of the nearest town from my rural door step, but never thought our artificially illuminated world ...
