"Satori 5" is a dystopian novelette, first volume of the science fiction trilogy "The alabaster chain".
A story that plays with the leading character's mind as well as the reader's, where nothing is what it seems, despite its apparent transparency. Behind a happy façade lies a future where social networks have disappeared, internet is property of just a select few and privacy has become the greatest of privileges.
"He was born for the second time under water and to a world that wasn't his own. A crystal wall gave him a cloudy vision of his new sky. There was still air in his lungs but desperation made the upper part of his body rise with one movement and be exposed. He took a breath of fresh air and coughed several times until he suddenly stopped."
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