The Silent Symphony

Some people die before their bodies do. Kaelen Voss is a forensic sound engineer with a rare and secret gift: he doesn't just hear sound, he sees the music of the human soul. Every person is a unique melody, a symphony of light and color that tells the story of their life. This gift is his art, his obsession, and his curse. His world of controlled harmony shatters when he discovers a dissonant, parasitic frequency hidden in the silence of a lost recording. This sound is a psychic weapon, and it leads him to a horrifying discovery: a spectral collector known only as The Maestro, who harvests the very essence of the world's most brilliant minds, storing their souls in a ghostly library. When Kaelen's own inner music begins to unravel—a memory of laughter gone, a beloved melody erased, the colors of his world fading to gray—he finds his name engraved on an empty crystal case in the Maestro's collection. His life is now a ticking clock, a final measure of music counting down to his own erasure. Joined by a small group of hollowed-out survivors and guided by the ghost of a stolen song, Kaelen must plunge into a reality of sonic dimensions and weaponized memories. To save himself, he must confront the conductor of silence himself—and compose a counter-melody strong enough to shatter the Maestro's masterpiece before his own final note is silenced forever. A haunting blend of psychological thriller and metaphysical fantasy, The Silent Symphony is a page-turning journey into the nature of the soul, memory, and the terror of a life that has lost its music. Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch's high-concept thrills and Neil Gaiman's dark, inventive worlds. Dare to listen to the silence?