The Fountain of Truth

A science fiction thriller grounded in philosophy.

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There is a room with a tightly-packed dirt floor, an elevated security camera in the corner, a digital clock hanging on a wall, and two metal buckets in the middle. Both containers are filled with liquid.

There are two other rooms; one on either side of the main one. These side rooms contain almost nothing other than one unconscious person in each…