Entranced

Robert is skilled at manipulating juries until he develops a mental condition that causes his career to crumble. His symptoms are so unusual that Robert’s wife wonders if he’s faking them. Soon he is humiliated, alone, and desperate. He enlists the help of a several doctors, but the only cure comes from a spiritual cult leader, who restores Robert’s health, but leads him to a devotion which is even more ruinous. This story explores the relation of allegiance to truth, if such truth can be manufactured, and the consequence of self-deception.