THE SANDS OF TIME
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The sun rises, only to fall again.
A man in a desert decides to dig a well, and, under the watchful eye of a mysterious narrator, he is permitted to watch as the generations unfold, and what becomes of his achievement as the centuries pass. What results is a thrilling examination of time, sin, and man's tendency for corruption.
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