THE SHADOW WOMEN OF PENDERTON ASYLUM

They were told they were ill. They knew they were prisoners.

Penderton Asylum has stood since 1880, built with the promise of caring for those society could not—or would not—care for itself. But behind its imposing walls, some women have discovered a terrifying truth:

You don't have to be insane to be locked away.

In an era when a woman's grief could be called hysteria, her independence labeled defiance, and her refusal to obey deemed evidence of madness, a handful of women find themselves committed to Penderton under circumstances that make no sense.

At the center of it all is Dr. Klaus Brenner, a brilliant and formidable physician who seems to know far more about his patients than he should. Under his watch, the women are diagnosed, controlled, silenced—and slowly stripped of any hope that someone outside the asylum will believe them.

But Brenner has made one mistake.

He has put the wrong women in the same place.

Strangers at first, they begin to recognize something in one another: courage, intelligence, secrets—and an unshakable determination to survive.

With help from a few unexpected allies inside Penderton, they begin a secret alliance.

Then they begin to plan.

Because there is only one way out of Penderton Asylum…
Escape.
But freedom will come at a price.
And if Dr. Brenner discovers what they're planning, they may never see the outside.
Come inside Penderton.
Just be careful who you trust.