When Avery Chauvin returns home after twelve years, it's as if time has stood still. Yet for her everything has changed

- how could her father, a doctor who dedicated himself to preserving life, have taken his own?

Then Avery starts hearing strange rumours about a mysterious group called The Seven. Soon the events of the past and present take on a terrifying new meaning - a woman is found murdered, an outsider disappears and neighbours go missing in the night.

Uncertain where to turn and who to trust. Avery faces the truth: that in this peaceful town a terrible evil resides. protected by the power of silence...