What happens when a civilization achieves perfection? When there is no more pain, no more want, no more death? It falls asleep. And in the silence of that golden tomb, an older, more fundamental power awakens. "Teaching Fear" is not a story of destruction. It is a sermon. The monologue of the Mother of Fear, an ancient goddess who looks upon a dying utopia and gives it the only gift that still has meaning: the shock that can make a dead heart beat again. Fueled by a relentless, hypnotic beat that pounds like the first heartbeat after a long coma, this is the sound of a terrible rebirth. This is not a punishment. This is a lesson. Because in a world without fear, there is no courage. In a world without pain, there is no proof of life. And the only answer to the question of your existence... is a single, perfect scream.more