I am a secret no one is able to tell.
Blythe
Hallowell is sixteen when she is abducted by a survivalist and locked
away in an abandoned missile silo in Eudora, Kansas. At first, she
focuses frantically on finding a way out, until the harrowing truth of
her new existence settles in—the crushing loneliness, the terrifying
madness of a captor who believes he is saving her from the end of the
world, and the persistent temptation to give up. But nothing prepares
Blythe for the burden of raising a child in confinement. Determined to
give the boy everything she has lost, she pushes aside the truth about a
world he may never see for a myth that just might give meaning to
their lives below ground. Years later, their lives are ambushed by an
event at once promising and devastating. As Blythe’s dream of going
home hangs in the balance, she faces the ultimate choice—between
survival and freedom.
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“Morley scores with an audacious page-turner. In a series of gripping twists, Morley elevates the complexities of Blythe and Adam’s situation, deepening the themes of survival and dependence…A stellar and surprising ride.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Grips your heart from the first page and doesn’t let go…A novel to savor.”
— Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants“A compelling tale of survival, reinvention, and hope…Vivid and poignant.”
— Boston Globe“Morley crafts a menacingly sinister tale of imprisonment and eerily inventive story of survival that will appeal to fans of riveting psychological suspense and cut-throat dystopian fiction.”
— Booklist“Quite moving…intriguing and provocative.”
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Isla Morley grew up in South Africa during apartheid. During the country’s State of Emergency, she graduated from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth with a degree in English literature. By 1994 she was one of the youngest magazine editors in South Africa, but she left career, country, and kin when she married an American and moved to the United States. For more than a decade she pursued a career in nonprofit work, focusing on the needs of women and children. Now in the Los Angeles area, she shares a home with her husband, their daughter, two cats, a dog, and a tortoise.
Madeleine Maby is a voice talent and AudioFile Earphones Award—winning narrator.