The Spire of Truth
All residents of the City are tracked and recorded. Any violation of law or policy is immediately logged by Security-mandated signatures, high-tech devices that signal career, status, and more. In this digital cage, young men are safe from physical harm. The only danger they face lies in those they trust most.
The Spire of Truth follows a rising intelligence officer who has sworn to protect one of the few remaining great Cities: Central City, the City of Eternal Light, Center of the World and Universe.
Under the star of his career, the officer appears safe in the City of Light. Nagging dreams and scattered thoughts, however, foretell his fall, and when an old friend bangs on his door, he is thrown back into the madness he thought he escaped.
In gallows humor style, ancient and modern ideas of respect and psychology are explored as the intelligence officer fights entrenched bureaucratic forces, meets a who’s who of the accused, and prepares for the trial of his life.
Seek truth. One half of Central’s call-and-response. When Central Investigators, Caretakers, and Overseers ignore common sense, what truth can they find? When they rely on uncommon sense, whose truth do they seek?
Imagine what he would think of us here in our little chairs and our little offices, afraid to even say words.
I don’t want him to get in trouble. I just want him to know.
She would rather let the entire spire of Central burn to ashes than give up her own spot near the artificial sun.