Amadeu Terceiro
Alina O'Connell is 36 years old, and she lives better with silence than with people. When a voice begins to call her—soft, insistent, impossible—she discovers that something is waiting for her. Something sealed away long ago. Something she sees through her veins. And worst of all: she sees it back, too.
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The Voice and the Dark — Synopsis
Alina O'Connell is thirty-six years old, autistic, and has found her true home in silence.
Between old photographs that she restores and the routine that protects her from sensory overload, her life remains restricted to the small apartment where she can exist without masks.
But when a voice begins calling her—soft, persistent, impossible to ignore—the routine is shattered.
This invisible presence seems to know her from within, as if it had traveled centuries just to find her.
As reality and delirium blur, Alina finds herself confronted with secrets buried beneath the Boston Cathedral, where an ancient pact still breathes.
The voice that accompanies her is also the key to a dark destiny—a love that transcends human boundaries, and a calling that can no longer be silenced.
Atmospheric, poetic, and disturbing, The Voice and the Darkness is a dark fantasy psychological novel that engages with the works of Anne Rice and Shirley Jackson, exploring identity, neurodivergence, and the silences that shape our choices.
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In the silence of an apartment, everything begins — and it is there that Alina always returns.
"Where else would I be but in my apartment?
With the door closed, avoiding daylight, in front of the computer, appreciating the texture of an old photo.
Concentrated. Focused.
Trying to relax after a noisy day—even by my standards of silence.
The sound of the kettle in the background helps me. It's a safe pleasure.”
Awards and Participations
The Voice and the Dark is already crossing borders — entered in literary competitions in Brazil and Europe, where silence finds new judges and readers.
✦ Kindle Literature Prize 2025 – Brazil
✦ Kindle Storyteller Award – United Kingdom
✦ Kindle Storyteller Award – Spain
✦ Les Plumes Francophones – France
✦ Kindle Storyteller Award – Germany
Between jurors and readers, silence begins to echo.