The Quiet

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Riveting. Martin weaves an inspired premise into an engrossing and wholly original adventure -- Ernest Cline, author of <i>Ready Player One</i> 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 * The Bookseller * An extremely tense plot delivered through elegant prose. I found The Quiet as fascinating as it was terrifying -- Holly Seddon, author of <i>The Woman on the Bridge </i> The Quiet took my breath away. Gripping, fiercely intelligent and quietly heartbreaking. I will think of Isaac for a long time to come -- Emma Kavanagh, author of <i> To Catch A Killer</i> A dystopian thriller with heart. With echoes of The Road this is a really special book. It's about connection, about hope. Tense and utterly fascinating -- Carys Green, author of <i>Always on My Mind</i> What a beautiful book, whose final pages I literally read in complete quiet. A clever and unique dystopian premise, this was spare and tense, gripping and heartbreaking. Ultimately about the sacrifices we make for a beloved child -- Louise Swanson, author of <i>End of Story </i> The Quiet is a propulsive, cerebral sci-fi thriller that asks important questions about our world today. Martin conjures a chillingly believable dystopia, but never loses sight of the characters that are finding their way through this fragile landscape. Hannah and Isaac's bond is deeply felt and had me rooting for them from the very start -- Danielle Giles, author of <i>Mere </i> A haunting journey into an eerily oppressive, near-future dystopia in which a child's song could be their family's undoing, is deftly realised by Barnaby Martin and had me hooked from the very first page -- Leigh Radford, author of <i>One Yellow Eye </i>