The Last Monument (Monument #1)

by Michael C. Grumley

History is anything but predictable.

In that moment, it became clear how petty life was. How superficial most arguments really were. All just opinions and beliefs that in death simply disappeared into the ether, as though they never existed.

He peered out with both hands on the glass, taking in the city. Over 3,500 meters above sea level and the highest capital city in the world, it rested upon the famed Andes Altiplano Plateau, the most extreme section of the mountain range and home to pre-Columbian cultures such as the Chiripa, Tiwanaku and the Incan Empire.