Forever We Die!

The story follows an Earth student, Rhodes, who is held by an alien species and subjected to methodical psychological torture—sensory extremes, cramped confinement, enforced degradation, and shifting interrogation tactics—designed to erode his sense of time and identity until he divulges a guarded secret that keeps a world in bondage. Interrogators alternate between cruelty and polite blandishment while explaining that cultural beliefs about reincarnation remove fear of death and enable their refined techniques. Rhodes copes by analyzing the pattern of mistreatment, using mental resistance and small acts of defiance while the narrative examines power, coercion, and the limits of endurance.