Against The Hum sets out with the basic premise that life is noisy. That voluminous backdrop shapes the lives of characters in ten stories, all of whom are straining to hear the frequency of their own souls. In This Side Of Midnight, Diana Christopher's pursuit of happiness rings hollow. Her drive to seek out something better proves costly. Damon Moore, in Silencing Helicopters, has a clamorous past for which he has paid dearly. Hope arrives from...