The Quiet Room

The high-stakes, top secret alternate reality scavenger hunt known as Rabbits returns in this exhilarating sequel to Miles’s Rabbits, based on his podcast of the same name. This time, the game has a mind of its own—and the dangerous decisions it’s making for itself could destroy the multiverse. Theme park designer Rowan Chess tries online dating and believes he’s found someone special—until she disappears without a trace. In her wake, Rowan finds the words “The Door Is Open.” Returning readers will recognize this as the opening of a new round of Rabbits—but clueless Rowan never signed up to play. Help comes in the form of Emily Connors, a veteran player who just entered Rowan’s dimension in search of the current iteration of the game. As clues and weirdness both accumulate, this unlikely duo learns that Rabbits is protecting itself from a shadowy figure called The Engineer—and to do so, it intends to cut Rowan and Emily’s dimensional stream off from all others, wiping all of its inhabitants out of existence. Their only hope is to find the Quiet Room, a space that supposedly connects each dimension, though it’s generally believed to be a myth. The result is another mind-bending adventure replete with mystery and welcome cameos from familiar faces. Series fans will not be disappointed. Agent: Marc Gerald, UTA. (Oct.)