By the time the Earth crossed into the fourth decade of the century, the silence around the hollow towers was louder than the chants that once echoed through them. These were the structures once revered as sacred, erected in the names of gods, nations, currencies, progress, and even freedom. But beneath their towering spires, polished screens, and marble veneers, a truth long suppressed began to stir. The hollowness could no longer be hidden. The people could feel it; not as a thought, but as...