BRIAN SCHMITT

The truth won't set you free.

Peter Burroughs is a disgruntled agent for a private national security agency ripe with controversy. Through a bureaucratic filing error, he has been given an unusual case: moderating research of a powerful device called the modulating intelligence apparatus, nicknamed “Laplace’s Demon.” This device has the unparalleled ability to answer any question you ask it: the end of the world, the next winning lottery number, or even the existence of God. An unprecedented tool like this could provide the answers humanity so desperately needs to survive–or, in the wrong hands, the secrets that could tear the world apart.


The problem is, Peter lost it, and has no idea where it is.


A peek inside the book

The truth is, ever since the war I found it difficult to walk without swinging my arms in tandem with my legs. Right arm, right leg, left arm, left leg, marching like one of those wind-up toy soldiers. As a kid I always loved trying to swing my arms in tandem. I loved that awkward, static tension that would build up in my joints. I’d raise my legs up as high as I could. We were made to walk like monkeys. We weren’t built to walk like soldiers. That needs to be drilled into you. You need to be broken in. But now I can't help it. Sometimes I have to stop in the middle of a crosswalk to resist the motion. It really sets you off balance; having no sense of balance, that does wonders for my dating life...

The Truth Box is available in paperbak and e-book formats.

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About the author

Author. Songwriter. Professional patsy.


Brian Schmitt started his career as an educator to find out he knew absolutely nothing. He has been writing fiction and poetry since adolescence. His short fiction and essays have been published in literary magazines at Illinois State University and The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He is currently working on his third novel, a book of short stories, and an album.



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