num_pages: 64
description: Deacon James is a rambling bluesman straight from Georgia a black man with troubles that he can't escape and music that won't let him go. On a train to Arkham he meets trouble  visions of nightmares gaping mouths and grasping tendrils and a madman who calls himself John Persons. According to the stranger Deacon is carrying a seed in his head a thing that will destroy the world if he lets it hatch.The mad ravings chase Deacon to his next gig. His saxophone doesn't call up his audience from their seats it calls up monstrosities from across dimensions. As Deacon flees chased by horrors and cultists he stumbles upon a runaway girl who is trying to escape her father and the destiny he has waiting for her. Like Deacon she carries something deep inside her something twisted and dangerous. Together they seek to leave Arkham only to find the Thousand Young lurking in the woods.The song in Deacons head is growing stronger and soon he wont be able to ignore it any more.
language: English
title: A Song for Quiet
publisher: Tor.com