The Quieting: Book 1 of the Quiet Ascent Series (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798251004038)

THE WORLD DIDN'T END.
IT SYNCHRONIZED.
When a routine emergency broadcast test sends a mysterious signal across the country, people begin freezing mid-motion-heads turning west as if listening to something no one else can hear.
Minutes later, the biting begins.
Civilization doesn't collapse overnight.
It changes.
Paramedic Jonah Vale should have died the night the outbreak started. Instead, the bite changes him. The infected hesitate around him. They move past him like water around stone.
They don't recognize him as prey.
Or as human.
As cities fall into chaos and terrifying new mutations begin to appear-Renders that leap like predators and Brutes that smash through barricades-survivor Mara Caldwell fights to keep a fragile group alive in a world where night belongs to the dead.
But the infected aren't acting randomly.
They're responding.
Across the country, strange subsonic signals-known only as Calls-are summoning the infected in massive migrations. Entire cities are becoming hunting grounds overnight.
And Jonah is beginning to hear those signals.
Worse...
He might be part of them.
As fear spreads faster than infection and humans begin hunting anyone who might be "changed," a terrifying truth emerges:
The outbreak wasn't an accident.
It was a test.
And Jonah may be the first successful result.

Perfect for fans of:
The Last of Us
World War Z
The Walking Dead
Z Nation
A Quiet Place

THE QUIETING is a gripping post-apocalyptic thriller featuring:
terrifying mutated infected
night hunts where survival isn't guaranteed
survivors building weapons from anything
moral choices where humans become the real enemy
a mysterious signal controlling the apocalypse

The infection is evolving.
Humanity is dividing.
And something out there is calling the dead.
If you love cinematic survival horror with unforgettable characters and terrifying new monsters, start the series readers won't be able to put down.
Book One of THE QUIET ASCENT series.

This book is perfect for fans of:

zombie apocalypse
post apocalyptic survival
infected outbreak
zombie mutation horror
apocalyptic thriller
survival horror
virus apocalypse
pandemic fiction
dystopian survival
military experiment gone wrong
zombie evolution
infected monsters
end of civilization fiction


Author: Silas Black
ISBN-13: 9798251004038
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 03/07/2026
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d