In a near-future world where a mysterious event has rendered most of humanity mute and left the earth's cities in ruins, a young boy named Sam finds himself part of a group of survivors living in the remnants of a once-thriving metropolis. Together with an enigmatic girl named Didi, he navigates the dangers of both the transformed environment and the malevolent factions that hunt them. As they uncover secrets about the event that changed their world, they must harness their resilience and determination to forge a path to safety and reclaim their voices in a silent, darkened city. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is part of a book series called Conquered Earth .

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade-12th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2012 by Blackstone Audiobooks .

J. BARTON MITCHELL is a screenwriter, comic book writer, and author. He studied creative writing at the University of Houston before going on to receive a B. S. in Film Studies from the University of Texas. After selling screenplays to Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox, he created and wrote the comic book series Poe, published by Boom! Studios in 2009. Mitchell lives and writes in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles.