Alexjcreads
Arianna Galletti has always found clarity in water-the clean slice of a dive, the rhythmic pull of freestyle, the muffled silence of being submerged. As a seventeen-year-old swimmer at George Walton Comprehensive High School, her world revolves around early morning practices with Ace Aquatic Club, the easy banter of teammates who've become family, and the steady presence of her twin sister Brianna. The fall of 2019 unfolds in the comfortable rhythms of school days, Halloween traditions, theatre rehearsals, and the building anticipation of the GHSA State Championship. But woven through these ordinary moments are the threads that will matter most when ordinary ends: friendships forged in chlorine and laughter, the wordless communication between twins, a body trained to move through water, and the instinct to hold your breath when the world goes quiet.
June 18, 2020, changes everything. When the Death Angels descend on Atlanta, Arianna learns that survival isn't about strength-it's about silence. As the military crumbles and evacuation boats become the only hope, she must navigate her family through a world where a single sound means death. Their destination: any place where water meets land, where creatures that cannot swim cannot follow. From the chaos of the interstate to the desperate journey toward the coast, from the safety of an island sanctuary to the discovery that silence isn't the only weapon, this is the story of one girl's fight to keep her family alive. It is a story about what water holds-memories, grief, the reflection of who we were and who we must become-and about the current that carries us forward even when everything else falls away.
Canon to the John Krasinski A Quiet Place Universe