The Silent World

Around the world there was total silence from Pole to Pole. Seas crashed noiselessly on rocky shores, hurricanes shrieked mutely across the China Sea. People shouted and were not heard; alarms and bells rang and yet were mute. The dead wall of silence was everywhere - the most strident sound was unable to break through it. Scientists were unprepared for The Silence. There was something amiss with the laws which governed sound - but that was only the beginning...