From dark and humble beginnings, a master musician rises to take the world by storm. Nick Raze, a violin virtuoso, exists at the height of popularity, while his life remains a well-protected mystery.

A year of artist-in-residency in Chicago introduces him to a man who offers him his first friendship and a woman who offers him his first taste of love. Now Nick must make a choice to fight against the bonds of his past in order to escape the isolation of his heart.

This is the sensitive, sometimes painful prying open of the life behind the media hype, the heart behind the music.

Lysa Williams began writing poetry as a girl growing up in the Midwest. She graduated from a university in South Carolina and worked in the Goodman Theatre in Chicago for several years. A pianist and saxophone player, she now resides with her daughter in Ashland, Oregon. Soundless is her first novel.

Christopher Lane is an award-winning actor, director, and narrator. Earning rave reviews on every book he has narrated for Blackstone, he received the coveted Audie Award in 2004. He lives in Washington, D.C.