A young woman struggles to survive in a wintry landscape following a devastating nuclear war and pandemic.

"The secret town of Rockton has seen some rocky times lately; understandable considering its mix of criminals and victims fleeing society for refuge within its Yukon borders. Casey Duncan, the town's only detective on a police force of three, has already faced murder, arson, and falling in love in the several months that she's lived there. Yet even she didn't think it would be possible for an outsider to locate the town and cause trouble in the place...

A cri de coeur of cultural exploration about emergent Indigenous identity and discovery employing dreams, spirits, songs and journals as foundations for dialogue between cultures. "Karen Lee White holds the torch brightly as a new and powerful voice, her style and sensibility encompassing the traditional and the contemporary. In 'The Silence', with the Yukon as a canvas, she engages in a deep empathy for characters, emergent Indigenous identity,...