Alexjcreads
In the sun-soaked suburbs of Friendswood, Texas, seventeen-year-old Isabelle Hodges's world revolves around the simple, clean logic of a swimming pool: how many laps, how many seconds, how much air she can hold. As a dedicated member of the Aquastar swim club and a senior at Friendswood High School, her biggest worries are UIL State prelims, the upcoming school play, and the comfortable, predictable rhythm of life with her best friends and fellow swimmers, Abigail Chen and Natalie Wickett.
But on June 18, 2020, that rhythm is shattered. The sky ignites over Houston, and creatures with no eyes but perfect hearing descend, throwing their world into a nightmare. Forced to navigate a suddenly silent Texas, Isabelle and her friends must use the skills they honed in the pool-the lung capacity, the endurance, the muscle memory of holding their breath against all odds-not for medals, but for their lives. Their only hope lies in a desperate plan: flee the mainland and find refuge on an island, guided by the terrifying truth that the only way to stay alive is to stay quiet.