The Slow Regard of Slient Things. Patrick Rothfuss. 2014.

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthingm snug in the heart of this forgotten place. 

Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.

The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a brief, bittersweet glimpse of Auri’s life, a small adventure all her own. At once joyous and haunting, this novella offers a chance to see the world through Auri’s eyes. And it gives the reader a chance to learn things that only Auri, one of The Kingkiller Chronicle’s most enigmatic characters, knows…

Full of secrets and mysteries, this is the story of a broken girl trying to live in a broken world.