The First Silence: The Reliquary of Iona

"Not a language that evolved gradually into the linguistic families we know today, but one shattered by divine will. Torn apart by God, who deemed mankind unworthy to wield it."

A haunting, cerebral debut novel that moves from the quiet courtyards of Trinity College Dublin to the shrouded archives of the Vatican, from forgotten places to the sacred ground of Iona... where faith, history, and obsession converge.

Daniel, a Trinity College graduate student lost in his discernment, spends his day...