by Martin Berning
In a world where every person is born with a Resonance—a unique musical melody that only their soulmate can hear—finding "the one" is as simple as following your ears. The closer you get to your match, the louder their song becomes. Julian is a piano tuner who was born "Tone Deaf." He hears nothing but the wind, the city, and the mechanical clicking of keys. He’s a man living in a world of songs he can’t hear, making him a romantic ghost. Clara is a world-class violinist who has the opposite curse: her "hearing" is too sensitive. She hears the songs of everyone around her, a constant, deafening cacophony of overlapping melodies that makes the real world a nightmare of noise. When Julian is hired to tune a piano at the grand conservatory where Clara practices, they collide. For Clara, Julian is a "Black Hole of Sound"—a perfect, peaceful silence she has never experienced. For Julian, Clara is the first person who makes him feel a physical vibration in his chest, even if he can't hear her song. Their romance is a race to see if they can find a way to be together before the world’s noise tears them apart.
