A dark fantasy about a girl who will risk everythingposing as a maid, confronting powerful enemies, and unraveling deadly secretsall to save her missing sister from the enigmatic House of Quiet.

A brilliant, imaginative fantasy. Allison Saft, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wings of Starlight

“A chilling, dystopic world enclosed in a locked-room mystery.” Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

To save her sister, she must enter the House.

In the middle of a deadly bog sits the House of Quiet. Its a place for children whose Procedure triggered powers too terrible to be lived withtheir last hope for treatment. No one knows how theyre healed or where they go afterward.

Birdie has begged, bargained, and blackmailed her way inside as a maid, determined to find her missing sister, Magpie. But what she discovers is more mysteries. Instead of the destitute children who undergo the Procedure in hopes of social advancement, the house brims with aristocratic teens wielding strange powers they never should have been burdened with.

Though Birdie wants to ignore them, she cant help being drawn to stoic and silent Forest, charmed by clever River, and concerned for the youngest residents. And with fellow maid Minnow keeping tabs on everything Birdie does, danger is everywhere.

In her desperate search for Magpie, Birdie unearths terrifying threats and devastating truths, forcing her to confront just how much shes willing to sacrifice to save her own sister. Because in the House of Quiet, if you find whats lurking beneath . . . you lose everything.

Unravel the mystery. Ignite the rebellion.