Utterly compelling, and with a satisfying twist at the endA beautifully observed story of fate and family made real and immediate...1883: Leah Owen is ruled by duty: to God, to her family and to the farm that is sucking the life out of her. After the death of her brother, her father, a religious zealot, holds Leah and the rest of the family under dangerous control and Leah is determined that her nephews are set free of the shackles of Cwmderwen Farm. Will either of them make it out or be doomed to follow in their grandfather''s footsteps? Saving her family, good and bad, saving Cwmderwen, will steal Leah''s dreams and perhaps even her life... A gritty and breathtaking family saga told over the decades, the Owens'' history is exposed and their secrets uncovered.Formerly titled The Covenant , Before The Silence is the shocking prequel to the bestselling A Time For Silence.