The gripping, moving story of a mother and daughter's quest to uncover a dark secret in the Alaskan wilderness, from the
New York Times
bestselling author of
Sister
and
Afterwards.
Thrillingly suspenseful and atmospheric,
The Quality of Silenc
e is the story of Yasmin, a beautiful astrophysicist, and her precocious deaf daughter, Ruby, who arrive in a remote part of Alaska to be told that Ruby's father, Matt, has been the victim of a catastrophic accident. Unable to accept his death as truth, Yasmin and Ruby set out into the hostile winter of the Alaskan tundra in search of answers. But as a storm closes in, Yasmin realizes that a very human danger may be keeping pace with them. And with no one else on the road to help, they must keep moving, alone and terrified, through an endless Alaskan night.