ButThe Silence, which will hit shelves Oct. 20, feels eerily prescient for these times.
The official synopsis: “It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022.
Five people, dinner, an apartment on the east side of Manhattan.

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Then something happens and the digital connections that have transformed our lives are severed.
What follows is a dazzling and profoundly moving conversation about what makes us human.”
EW is exclusively revealing the cover forThe Silenceabove, and a sneak peek at the text below.
The plane began to bounce side to side.
The seatbelt sign flashed red.
They were drowning in noise.
A massive knocking somewhere below them.
The screen went blank.
Pilot speaking French, no English follow-up.
Jim gripped the arms of his seat and then checked Tessa’s seatbelt and retightened his.
“Are we afraid?”