What is the strange incessant music that keeps Wilhelm and his people, the Hundeiss, in slavery? Living and working underground all their lives, none of them has ever seen daylight. So when a chance rock fall enables Wilhelm to escape into the world above ground - a world he didn't know existed - it is something he neither recognises nor understands. But will anyone believe his story - and will anyone help him on his quest to unravel the centuries-old mystery that will release his people from slavery? Praise for AND WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS: I loved this book - I found it compelling and utterly gripping. It s a most unusual and beautifully written novel . (Tessa Ross CBE, Ex Controller of Film and Drama at Channel 4, Executive Producer of "Billy Elliot," "Slumdog Millionaire" and "12 Years a Slave")"