The Singing Graves

Rhea Baird hears the dead world muttering beneath the orchards—ghost-frequencies from machines that fell silent four centuries ago. When her dying grandmother's last breath triggers a voice that knows Rhea's name, it offers what her settlement has lost: the truth about why civilization went quiet. But reaching the drowned city before the voice's power dies means defying the council, crossing ruins that swallow listeners whole, and trusting a presence whose warmth may be the most dangerous thing left alive in the old world.