bradley hired her just after dc had finished writing undertime they 'd hired her for the press tour to organize the book signings and the author 's public appearances his schedule they expected it to be full and busy and glowing as it had been for the mountain and god and for scentless they had been optimistic the blithe optimism born not of hope but of exception they had no reason to suspect that this new book would not be embraced that it would not be loved this was the face they put on though she could see the cracks from the very beginning the twinges of worry that there was something in those pages which people would reject and she wondered why .