Terror has a new sound... and it comes from the darkest corners of James Patterson's imagination. ​

Young sisters, Sophie and Tennant Riggin, are the only two people to withstand the effects of a massive explosion that destroys their community, located in the shadow of Oregon's Mt. Hood.

A team of elite government investigators are sent to research the fallout and the girls -- why did only they survive? -- but with conflicting objectives. For Dr. Martha Chan, a psychologist who analyzes effects of large-scale medical emergencies: Study them. For Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Fraser, a career military leader with an inherent mistrust of civilians: Contain them.

But as the disturbance replicates across the Pacific Northwest, it threatens to topple the chain of command. Dr. Chan and Lieutenant Colonel Fraser are caught between the perpetrators of the threat -- and those who have the power to resist.
A mysterious explosion kills thousands in the Pacific Northwest--and only two young girls survive. The newest in psychological suspense from the mind of James Patterson. Two sisters have always stood together. Now, they're the only ones left. In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse... James Patterson's astounding imagination has made him "a legendary novelist" (CNN). Now from its darkest corners comes The Noise, a thriller that takes hold of the emotions, defies the senses, and is like nothing you've ever read before.
A mysterious explosion kills thousands in the Pacific Northwest--and only two young girls survive. The newest in psychological suspense from the mind of James Patterson. Two sisters have always stood together. Now, they're the only ones left. In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets