A Deaf teen escapes his father's basement after years of imprisonment. Bloody, alone, and without language, he lands in a psychiatric facility, where another Deaf teen teaches him Sign Language and begins to mold him in his own image.
Adam Pottle is a Deaf author whose works span multiple genres. His groundbreaking horror fantasy play The Black Drum, billed as the world's first all-Deaf musical, was produced in 2019 and will be published in Spring 2024. He was a 2022 Warner Bros. Discovery Access screenwriting fellow, developing a supernatural horror feature script during his tenure. His historical suspense novella The Bus won the 2015 Ken Klonsky Award and was shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards. He lives in Saskatoon, Canada, where he can often be spotted walking his goldendoodle, Valkyrie.
