The Hush

Skye Melki-Wegner

Jun 2017 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

Chester has taken to the road, traveling from village to village desperately searching for his father, who has disappeared. One night while fiddling to earn a few coins, he accidentally connects to the Song—the music that fuels every aspect of the world, and that it’s illegal for him to interact with. He’s caught and sentenced to death for his crime. Only a licensed Songshaper can bend music to his will.

But someone in the crowd—a member of the infamous Nightfall Gang—stages a daring rescue and whisks Chester into the Hush, a shadowy nightmare mirror-world where Music can be deadly and Echoes can kill.

Susanna, the Captain of the Nightfall Gang has been watching Chester. She needs him to pull off an elaborate plan that will take down the governing body that keeps her an outlaw and made her the fragment she is. Susanna needs him to exact her revenge, even if he dies doing it.

Combining complex stakes, shifting loyalties, nods to fairy tales, and a Western feel, The Hush is a lush and exhilarating fantasy perfect for fans of Catherine Fisher’s Incarceron and Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker.

Ratings and reviews

I remember reading this for the first time in high school. As a long time band student, from middle school until I graduated, this book resonated with me specifically because of the elements of fantastical magic, combined with the realest form of magic that exists in reality; music. I check every so often to find news of potential sequels, and can't help but be disappointed when I see none. But a good story is good many times over, and I loved this story. Hopefully there will be more in the future. But until then, HIGHLY RECOMMEND. It does hit like a classic YA novel though, nothing wrong with that at all of course, but it can be a little corny. Still incredible.

About the author

Skye Melki-Wegner has been a saleswoman, an English tutor, and a popcorn-wrangler. In addition to writing fiction, in her spare time she devours a ridiculous amount of caffeine and fantasy literature. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.