{"product_id":"the-silence-factory-a-novel-isbn-9780063220027","title":"The Silence Factory: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A delicately woven novel with an utterly original premise, it ensnared me from the very first page.” — Emilia Hart, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWeyward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e—a captivating story of gothic suspense about a powerful family, the magical and dangerous silk their fortune is built upon, and the exploitative history they are desperately trying to hide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e1820: \u003c\/em\u003eSophia Ashmore-Percy reluctantly accompanies her husband James to a remote Greek island, where he searches for rare biological specimens. Once there, however, she sets on her own voyage of discovery—stumbling across the very creature he is looking for, making an unexpected connection with a local woman, and ultimately reconsidering her marriage, life, and own desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, audiologist Henry Latimer is sent to the home of industrialist Sir Edward Ashmore-Percy and tasked with curing the man’s young daughter, Philomel, of her deafness. But Henry, eager to escape a troubled past, quickly becomes obsessed with the fascinating nature of Sir Edward’s business: spinning silk with a rare and magical breed of spiders. The extraordinary silk shields sound, offering respite from bustling streets and noisy neighbors. The result is instant tranquility, as wearers experience a soothing calmness. Yet, those within earshot of the outward-facing silk are subjected to eerie murmurs that amplify with proximity. Bystanders suffer the consequences of this unnerving phenomenon, manifesting in physical and mental afflictions ranging from headaches and drowsiness to severe cases of madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Henry becomes entangled in the allure of the silk and Sir Edward’s charm, he glimpses a more sinister family history. The closer he ventures into the inner circle of Carthmute House, the more he unravels the horrifying underbelly of the silk business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Bridget Collins’s signature, stunning prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Silence Factory\u003c\/em\u003e is an equally enthralling and unsettling gothic story about complicity, desire, and corruption—a novel to lose yourself in.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Dizzyingly wonderful . . . Collins summons a Gormenghast-esque richness of place and people . . . a perfectly constructed work of fiction, with audacious twists that clumsier hands would fumble, and irresistibly moving emotional beats. . . . Nabokov called fiction a ‘game of worlds,’ and Collins plays her own game here with perfect skill.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (UK) on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Of course, books don’t need to be turned into magical artifacts. They already are. The magic of Bridget Collins’s novel \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e… is only a step away from that reality. Collins’s vivid descriptions of the abuse of that magic within a grimy faux-Victorian-era world of workhouses and exploitation are almost too painfully true…. \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds in creating the magic it proposes: the experience of memory returning, a rush of recollection that can change the whole world, if only for one person at a time—or sometimes two.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Novik, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark chocolate slice of cake with a surprising, satisfying seam of raspberry running through it. It is a rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracy Chevalier, bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e held me captive from the start and refused to set me free. It’s a beautifully crafted tale of dark magic and forbidden passion, where unspeakable cruelty is ultimately defeated by enduring love. Breathtaking!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pure magic. The kind of immersive storytelling that makes you forget your own name. I wish I had written it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin Kelly, author of He Said\/She Said, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I loved it. A delicately woven novel with an utterly original premise, it ensnared me from the very first page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I loved Bridget Collins' last two novels so much I was almost nervous to read this one in case it didn't live up to my feverish expectations. I was wrong: in \u003cem\u003eThe Silence Factory \u003c\/em\u003eshe has created another world that exists on the edge of time and magic. Epic in scope and rich at sentence level, this is storytelling at its most immersive” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin Kelly, author of Skeleton Key\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Extraordinary writing… silk, secrets and silence woven into a gleaming Gothic web. 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