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.

The Silence

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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?”