- Title:
- The Truth Machine
- By:
- James L. Halperin
- Pages:
- 416
- Rating:
- 4
“It is the year 2004. Violent Crime is the number one political issue in America. Now the Swift and Sure Anti-Crime bill guarantees a previously convicted violent criminal one fair trial, one quick plea, then immediate execution. To prevent abuse of the law, a machine must be built that detects lies with 100{ba150db230079cbbfb17b34eb2fb313f10dd1319d8aee46c92c08114bdec094f} accuracy.
Once perfected, the truth machine will change the face of the world. Yet the race to finish the Truth Machine forces one man to commit a shocking act of treachery, burdening him with a dark secret that collides with everything he believes in. Now he must conceal the the truth from his own creation…or face execution.
By turns optimistic and chilling, THE TRUTH MACHINE is nothing less than a history of the future, a spellbinding chronicle that resonates with insight, wisdom and astounding possibility.
With a clever change of narrator from your typical novel, this was enjoyable, thought-provoking and intensely intriguing. Very much recommended, for although it’s not an action story, it is certainly a story of action.