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Although she doesn't know it, Adi is in deep peril. She's inadvertently made an enemy of a mysterious stranger named Coal, who is just waiting for the chance to take revenge on her and her family. Innocent Adi is only annoyed when she's entrusted with taking her pampered younger twin brothers to safety from India to Europe. As a girl of mixed British and Indian heritage, she's used to being pushed to one side. But then, Coal moves in, kidnaps the twins, and forces Adi into a terrible bargain of silence and a deadly game. Adi now knows what real trouble is. Her only clue is the watch full of riddles she has been given. Cutting her hair and dressing in the uniform of a dead solider, she makes her way across a continent darkened by war, encountering allies and enemies, from a handsome drunkard to a murderous priest.
About the Author
David Mellon grew up in Denham Springs, a little town on a river in south east Louisiana. After attending San Francisco Art Institute and California Institute for the Arts he graduated from Art Center College of Design with a degree in Illustration. After years of painting pictures and drawing storyboards for film and tv commercials he discovered UCLA Extension Writers' Program where he was nominated for the 2016 Allegra Johnson Prize. Silent is his first novel. He's been a member of SCBWI since 2011. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Judith.
To see his paintings go to DAVIDMELLON.COM.
