Science Fiction
The Compound
Aisling Rawle
Synopsis
Lily enters a remote desert compound with nineteen other contestants. Under constant observation, they compete in challenges that control access to both luxuries and necessities. As the competition continues, the attraction of winning becomes inseparable from a more troubling question: what keeps them inside?
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The Compound: when the audience becomes part of the problem
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