Step beyond the threshold of Blackhollow Manor, where silence is not an absence but a living, breathing presence.
When Eleanor Graves, a determined historian, journeys to the forgotten village of Ashcombe, she believes she is chasing fragments of the past-archival whispers of tragedy, vanished heirs, and unanswered questions. Instead, she and her companions awaken a house that does not sleep. Within its rotting walls linger twelve restless souls... and something more.
They say silence cannot harm. Blackhollow proves them wrong.
Each corridor tightens like a noose, each portrait watches with eyes too alive, and each midnight hour presses heavier with a thirteenth presence-a silence vast, patient, and hungry. As Eleanor's name is whispered through the shadows, she realizes the manor does not merely haunt-it chooses.
Thirteenth Silence is not just a ghost story. It is a descent into grief, memory, and the dark spaces between words. Viktoryia Konan's chilling narrative blends gothic atmosphere with psychological horror, unraveling the boundaries of life and death, sanity and surrender. Readers will encounter:
A cursed estate that breathes with its own will.
Twelve bound spirits desperate for release, yet terrified of the thirteenth.
Characters scarred by history-the skeptic, the believer, the visionary, and the haunted-drawn together by forces they cannot control.
Moments of visceral terror where silence itself becomes the most suffocating sound.
An exploration of human frailty, guilt, and the unbearable need to be remembered.
Perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Laura Purcell's The Silent Companions, this novel lingers long after the last page. The question is not whether the characters will survive the night-but whether silence will claim them, one by one.
Enter only if you dare to listen. Because once you hear the thirteenth silence, it will never let you go.