Empathy River

Christopher

In "Empathy River," a chilling wave of disappearances grips the southern states as twenty individuals vanish, only to be discovered later posed near water with hands clasped in prayer. As panic escalates, the CIA intervenes, deploying Agent Elias Vance—an emotionally detached operative burdened by the shadows of classified operations. He teams up with Wyatt Cole, a Texas Ranger recently sidelined for excessive force and haunted by his own visions of faces in the river. Their investigation spirals into a murky landscape where every clue seems manipulated, and witnesses echo a haunting refrain: “The river feels everything.” As they traverse bayous and backroads, the fragile alliance between Elias and Wyatt begins to crack, revealing deep-seated fears and secrets. When Elias uncovers a connection to a clandestine CIA empathy experiment he oversaw, the line between hunter and hunted blurs. In a world where empathy itself can become a weapon, they must confront the darkest corners of the human psyche before the final body drifts downstream.