A Financial Times Book of the Year

Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Prize in 2023

An award-winning mystery novel that explores unlikely friendships as a group of children with disabilities find themselves at the heart of an eco-crime.

On a remote Scottish island, 14-year-old Max's life ischanged forever when he loses his hearing in a boatingaccident. Now, he has to navigate a new silent worldalone-even his parents don't understand that wearinga hearing aid doesn't mean he can actually hear them, andhe's placed in a special educationalneeds class surrounded by kids he once picked on.

When people start acting strangely and Max's hearingaid picks up odd sounds from a new wind farm off thecoast, he suspects a sinister scientist is using windturbines to experiment on the islanders. Could beingdifferent be an advantage? Max enlists the help of hisclassmates to shut down the government's secret testbefore it spins out of control...

Victoria Williamson is donating 20% of her author royalties to The American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC).