Cartographer's Dream
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James Moore is a man who's come to enjoy drinking alone in the bar, those are the easy nights. They're nothing compared to the nights when he lives by caffeine pills and antidepressants. After the loss of his wife, he's not so sure he ever cared. All that changes when one night, he's forced to drink with another, a woman named Mira, a woman who tells him that there's still hope. James is pushed into a mystery involving the death of his wife and countless others like her. This is how I learned to fear the future.
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