The House of Quiet
  • Published: 2 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9798217122615
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $24.99

The House of Quiet

  • Kiersten White
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2 Dec 2025
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9 Sep 2025
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9 Sep 2025
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9 Sep 2025
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of And I Darken comes an atmospheric dark fantasy thriller about one girl's mission to rescue her sister and her ensuing quest into the terrible secrets of her tyrannical country and the House that beats like a red, bleeding heart at the center of it all.

No one knows exactly what goes on in the House of Quiet.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide comes a dark fantasy about a girl who will risk everything—posing as a maid, confronting powerful enemies, and unraveling deadly secrets—all to save her missing sister from the enigmatic House of Quiet.

“A brilliant, imaginative fantasy.” —Allison Saft, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wings of Starlight

"A chilling, dystopic world enclosed in a locked-room mystery." —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

To save her sister, she must enter the House.

In the middle of a deadly bog sits the House of Quiet. It’s a place for children whose Procedure triggered powers too terrible to be lived with—their last hope for treatment. No one knows how they’re healed or where they go afterward.

Birdie has begged, bargained, and blackmailed her way inside as a maid, determined to find her missing sister, Magpie. But what she discovers is more mysteries. Instead of the destitute children who undergo the Procedure in hopes of social advancement, the house brims with aristocratic teens wielding strange powers they never should have been burdened with.

Though Birdie wants to ignore them, she can’t help being drawn to stoic and silent Forest, charmed by clever River, and concerned for the youngest residents. And with fellow maid Minnow keeping tabs on everything Birdie does, danger is everywhere.

In her desperate search for Magpie, Birdie unearths terrifying threats and devastating truths, forcing her to confront just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to save her own sister. Because in the House of Quiet, if you find what’s lurking beneath . . . you lose everything.

Unravel the mystery. Ignite the rebellion.
  • Published: 2 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9798217122615
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for The House of Quiet

Praise for THE DARK DESCENT OF ELIZABETH FRANKENSTEIN
"Visceral, sinister, and inescapably compelling, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein feels at once reverent of its inspiration, and entirelynew. White's skill is scalpel-sharp."--V. E. SCHWAB #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Savage Song

"Kiersten White has breathed fresh life into a much-loved classic. Even Mary Shelley herself would be riveted by the dark lengths Elizabeth Lavenza would go to in order to survive. A dark and lovely midnight read." --MEGAN SHEPHERD, New York Times bestselling author of the Madman'sDaughter trilogy

"In the hands of master storyteller Kiersten White, the bones of a familiar story are reconstructed to form an inventive, grotesque, and completely unexpected reimagining of Frankenstein. Mary Shelley would be proud." --MACKENZI LEE, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

"Clever." --Booklist

"May take readers of Frankenstein by surprise." --SLJ

"An all-around win." --Kirkus

Praise for NOW I RISE
* "Gorgeous, rich, and rewarding." --Booklist, starred review

* "Absolutely devastating in the best way." --Kirkus, starred review

Praise for AND I DARKEN
"A dark jewel of a story, one that gleams with fierce, cunning characters--absolutely riveting." --Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Passenger

"A dark, gritty, and seriously badass epic that will have you dying for more . . . required reading for every feminist fantasy fan." --BuzzFeed

"Evocative . . . this book takes no prisoners." --NPR

Praise for THE DARK DESCENT OF ELIZABETH FRANKENSTEIN
"Visceral, sinister, and inescapably compelling, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein feels at once reverent of its inspiration, and entirelynew. White's skill is scalpel-sharp."--V. E. SCHWAB #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Savage Song

"Kiersten White has breathed fresh life into a much-loved classic. Even Mary Shelley herself would be riveted by the dark lengths Elizabeth Lavenza would go to in order to survive. A dark and lovely midnight read." --MEGAN SHEPHERD, New York Times bestselling author of the Madman'sDaughter trilogy

"In the hands of master storyteller Kiersten White, the bones of a familiar story are reconstructed to form an inventive, grotesque, and completely unexpected reimagining of Frankenstein. Mary Shelley would be proud." --MACKENZI LEE, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

"Clever." --Booklist

"May take readers of Frankenstein by surprise." --SLJ

"An all-around win." --Kirkus

Praise for NOW I RISE
* "Gorgeous, rich, and rewarding." --Booklist, starred review

* "Absolutely devastating in the best way." --Kirkus, starred review

Praise for AND I DARKEN
"A dark jewel of a story, one that gleams with fierce, cunning characters--absolutely riveting." --Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Passenger

"A dark, gritty, and seriously badass epic that will have you dying for more . . . required reading for every feminist fantasy fan." --BuzzFeed

"Evocative . . . this book takes no prisoners." --NPR