{"product_id":"the-quiet-by-barnaby-martin-9781035051496","title":"The Quiet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRiveting. Martin weaves an inspired premise into an engrossing and wholly original adventure.\u003c\/em\u003e - Ernest Cline, No.1 New York Times Bestselling Author of \u003cem\u003eReady Player One\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mother's love can be deafening . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 focused all her energies on keeping Isaac living, not just alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs fascinating as it was terrifying.\u003c\/em\u003e - Holly Seddon, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Woman on the Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Quiet took my breath away. Gripping, fiercely intelligent and quietly heartbreaking. I will think of Isaac for a long time to come.\u003c\/em\u003e - Emma Kavanagh, author of \u003cem\u003eTo Catch A Killer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA clever and unique dystopian premise, this was spare and tense, gripping and heartbreaking.\u003c\/em\u003e - Louise Swanson, author of \u003cem\u003eEnd of Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244668104940,"sku":"9781035051496","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035051496-the-quiet-1.jpg?v=1788008593","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-quiet-by-barnaby-martin-9781035051496","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}