In the #1 NYC Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship.

Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is normally hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, visitors and foreign entrepreneurs flood into Spain beneath the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son about The Fountains of Silence of an oil tycoon, who comes in Madrid with his parents hoping for connecting with the country of his mother’s delivery through the zoom lens of his camera. Photography–and fate–introduce him to Ana, whose family’s interweaving hurdles reveal the lingering understand from the Spanish Civil War–as well as chilling explanations of lot of money and fear. Daniel’s photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of risk. He is backed into a corner of difficult decisions to safeguard those he enjoys. Lives and hearts collide, uncovering an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city.

Grasp storyteller Ruta Sepetys once again shines light into among history’s darkest sides in this epic, heart-wrenching book about identity, memorable like, repercussions of war, and the hidden violence of silence–inspired by the true postwar struggles of Spain.

Includes vintage press reports, oral history commentary, photos, and more.

Compliment for The Fountains of Silence:

* ‘[Sepetys] tells a moving story made a lot more effective by its placement in a lesser-known historical second. Captivating, deft, and illuminating traditional fiction.’ –Booklist, *STARRED REVIEW*

* ‘A stunning book that exposes modern fascism and elevates individual resilience.’ –Kirkus, *STARRED REVIEW*

Read by Maite Jáuregui, with Richard Ferrone, Neil Hellegers, Joshua Kane, Liza Kaplan, and Oliver Wyman, and with an Author’s Take note read by the author