The Silent Zone

After that night three years ago, sound draws things. The city learned to be quiet: cloth shoes, cotton quilts, sandbags, sign language, no hammering nails, no honking horns. A city of nine million people, quiet as a well. Hao Dong is a piano tuner with a special pass, number 0371, permitting him to make sounds indoors not exceeding sixty decibels. On November fifth, someone asked him to tune a piano. The employer said his grandson was preparing for a grading exam. This city hadn't had a grading exam in three years. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Silent Zone — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠