Isaac 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.
When 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 of the Field. A brilliant scientist
Hannah spent her early career working on the enigma of the Soundfield looking for answers now
resigned she has focused all her energies on keeping Isaac living and not just alive. To do
so she will have to pretend she is someone else lie to those closest to her and learn to
trust in strangers even those who might wish her and Isaac ill. The Quiet touches on lots of
themes - the limitations of science our relationship with our 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 in order to protect the ones we love most.
