The Millstone

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In a bleak dystopian future, a surgical breakthrough has eliminated the need for long prison sentences. Criminals are subject to The Stretching, a medical process that slows the passage of time in the human brain, allowing prisoners to serve sentences hundreds of years long in a matter of days. A young man named Bennett examines the new invention with a curious and skeptical eye. He doesn't know what to make of it until the intriguing and weirdly wise Christina Clarke appears at his side. Can they work through the strange ethical problems of The Stretching together? And more importantly: how much does she know that he doesn't?All Rights Reserved

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In a bleak dystopian future, a surgical breakthrough has eliminated the need for long prison sentences. Criminals are subject to The Stretching, a medical process that slows the passage of time in the human brain, allowing prisoners to serve sentences hundreds of years long in a matter of days. A young man named Bennett examines the new invention with a curious and skeptical eye. He doesn't know what to make of it until the intriguing and weirdly wise Christina Clarke appears at his side. Can they work through the strange ethical problems of The Stretching together? And more importantly: how much does she know that he doesn't?

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