num_pages: 416
description: "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% 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. 
language: English
title: The Truth Machine
titlecomplete: The Truth Machine
genres: Science Fiction, Childrens, Novels, Modern, Thriller, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 1490
publisher: Del Ray Fiction