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The Truth Machine
Ebook
Published on Sep 29, 1999 | 416 Pages
Prepare to have your conception of truth rocked to its very foundation.
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 appeal, then immediate execution. To prevent abuse of the law, a machine must be built that detects lies with 100 percent 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 truth from his own creation . . . or face his execution.
By turns optimistic and chilling–and always profound–The Truth Machine is nothing less than a history of the future, a spellbinding chronicle that resonates with insight, wisdom . . . and astounding possibility.
"PROFOUND."
–Associated Press
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 appeal, then immediate execution. To prevent abuse of the law, a machine must be built that detects lies with 100 percent 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 truth from his own creation . . . or face his execution.
By turns optimistic and chilling–and always profound–The Truth Machine is nothing less than a history of the future, a spellbinding chronicle that resonates with insight, wisdom . . . and astounding possibility.
"PROFOUND."
–Associated Press
Author
James L. Halperin
James L. Halperin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 31, 1952. He attended Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, from 1966 to 1970, and formed a rare-coin (numismatic) business, part-time, in 1968 at age 15.He received early acceptance to Harvard College and attended from 1970 to 1971. He took a permanent leave of absence after three semesters to pursue a full-time numismatic career.Halperin moved to Dallas in 1982 to form a 50/50 partnership with Steve Ivy, a former rival. The company, Heritage Rare Coin Galleries, is now the world’s largest and most successful numismatic company.He has been married to Gayle Ziaks (MFA, Asst. Professor of Dance) since 1984, and is the father of two young sons, David (born in 1991) and Michael (born in 1995).
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