When reality and the absurd merge, time itself begins to unravel. In Belfast, a city where fates intertwine and myth and reality intertwine, a strange illness strikes children without warning, blurring the boundaries of time and space. No one knows its origin or how it spreads, but its symptoms unfold unpredictably: children die, hallucinations erupt, and mysterious voices seem to emanate from the heavens. As the mystery deepens, so do the questions: Is this the end of the world? Or the beginning of something beyond human comprehension? In her novel, Jean Carson explores the ambiguous layers of reality, where enigmas mingle with dreams and nightmares. Characters, entangled in unseen destinies, find themselves confronted by incomprehensible forces and discover that there are things time cannot express, nor language narrate. In this darkened world, answers reside in the spaces between words, and death is only the beginning. As the world hurtles toward the unknown, the most terrifying question remains: What happens when silence becomes the only language souls can communicate?