The whole world disappears when you enter Henry dreams of silence. A world
without the clattering of carriages through cobbled streets, the distant cries
of drunken brawls, the relentless ticking of the clock. Then he meets a
fascinating, mysterious gentleman who sells just that. Precious silk that can
drown out the clamour of the world ? and everything Henry is so desperate to
escape. Summoned to Sir Edward?s secluded factory to try to cure his young
daughter?s deafness, Henry is soon drawn deeper and deeper into the origins of
this otherworldly gift: a gift that has travelled from ancient Mediterranean
glades to English libraries. Ignoring repeated warnings from the girl's
secretive governess, he allows himself to fall under the spell of Sir Edward and
his silk? but when he learns its true cost, will it be too late to turn back?
From the #1 bestselling author of THE BINDING, this is an enthralling story
about complicity, desire and corruption ? a novel to lose yourself in.