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The events take place in the near future in Great Britain. In a country engulfed by civil war, there has been a change of power, and martial law has been declared. The military has taken over key positions and begun harshly cracking down on the opposition. Dr. Elle Chrystler comes to her senses in a white room, which soon turns into a torture chamber. This employee of a secret laboratory possesses important information, but the woman claims she knows nothing — though that is no reason to stop the torture, since her suffering can be used to break another prisoner...