Pioneering dreams become a living nightmare in The Quiet Game: Origins, a riveting historical horror that reveals the birth of a vow so powerful, one lone breath can trigger a brutal doom. When Elias Reed and his small band of frontier settlers carve out a settlement in a remote mountain valley, their daily struggles against winter cold and rugged terrain are overshadowed by a far more sinister threat. Daring to sing, argue, or call across the night soon rouses a guardian spirit corrupted by centuries of bloodshed-an antlered horror that feasts on any cry louder than a whisper.

In this gripping prequel to The Quiet Game Trilogy, hush is more than a survival tactic-it is law. Bound by an ever-growing fear, the settlers face down the monstrous presence that lurks in the pines, its ember eyes flickering whenever the hush fractures. Margaret, torn between her devout faith and the need for a silent law, grapples with mounting guilt each time an outburst invites carnage. Daniel documents every grim moment in a journal stained with ink and blood, believing future generations must know the hush's origins. And Elias, haunted by past battlefields, struggles to keep his people united under a vow that promises safety at the cost of their souls.

As blood stains the snow after each lost voice, the hush mutates from a necessary pact into a weapon, an eerie, tyrannical force shaping their desperate community. Haunted by silent nights and mouthless totems carved on every cabin, the settlers come to realize that one muffled scream can be the difference between survival and doom. But is a vow enforced by blood truly delivering them from evil-or slowly eroding their last remnants of humanity?

Key Features:

• Frontier Horror Meets Supernatural Suspense: Set in the harsh mountain wilds of the 1820s, the novel blends pioneer hardships with an unsettling presence that prowls the silent night.
• A High-Stakes Vow: Discover the ruthless hush law that punishes a single cry-one breath too loud can unleash a monstrous guardian bent on feeding its bloodlust.
• Morally Complex Characters: Follow Margaret's growing iron rule, Daniel's painstaking journal entries, and Elias's doomed quest for redemption as they each face how far they'll go to protect their own.
• Intricate Lore and Haunting Imagery: Bloodstained altars, mouthless totems on cabin doors, and ember-eyed shadows lurking at the treeline create a chilling, immersive world.
• A Dark Origin Story: The Quiet Game: Origins unravels how the vow formed and why future generations remain trapped by its silent tyranny, setting the stage for the horrors to come in the trilogy.

If you dare to break the hush, the guardian will answer. Enter a world where silence itself is a fragile barrier against an ancient terror-and discover how the vow began, fueling the endless quiet that demands its toll in blood.