{"product_id":"9781035051496-quiet","title":"The Quiet","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat would you do to keep your child safe? \u003c\/b\u003eThe Quiet\u003c\/i\u003e touches on many themes – the limitations of science, our relationship with past selves, the joy and solace of community – but at its core, this is a novel about a parent’s love for their child and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Riveting. Martin weaves an inspired premise into an engrossing and wholly original adventure\u003ci\u003e.’ – \u003c\/i\u003eErnest Cline, author of \u003ci\u003eReady Player One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intellectually compelling, emotional and timely read. Martin has taken a motif of dystopian writing and films – a single parent and child – and has reworked it within a fresh landscape. The Quiet is a feat of writing that foregrounds the value of kindness and communication in a world bent on segregation and misinformation.' \u003ci\u003e– \u003cb\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mother's love can be deafening .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsaac is Hannah’s entire world. She knows that her son is gifted, and that those gifts make him vulnerable. To keep him safe, she spends every waking moment by his side. If she lets her guard down, lets him out of her sight, lets him show what he’s capable of, he will be taken from her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Soundfield arrived twenty years ago, the world changed with it. Now, people are forced to live at night due to the deadly heat of the day, food and water are scarce, and everyday life is punctuated by the constant and disconcerting hum from the Field. A brilliant scientist, Hannah spent her early career working on the enigma of the Soundfield, looking for answers; now, resigned, she has focussed all her energies on keeping Isaac living, not just alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo do so, she will have to lie to the people she knows and hope she can trust the ones she doesn't. Because the only thing more dangerous than her lies, is the truth of what she has done.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As fascinating as it was terrifying.' – \u003cb\u003eHolly Seddon\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Woman on the Bridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'The Quiet took my breath away. gripping, fiercely intelligent and quietly heartbreaking. I will think of Isaac for a long time to come' – \u003cb\u003eEmma Kavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo Catch A Killer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A clever and unique dystopian premise, this was spare and tense, gripping and heartbreaking' – \u003cb\u003eLouise Swanson, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnd of Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41695538118753,"sku":"9781035051496","price":14.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33054021.jpg?v=1753427263","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035051496-quiet","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}