Four Walls
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Last published Mon, Jul 24, 2017
The year is 2999. The end of an old millenia. After the forty-ninth World War, new "Clean Cities" have been popping up all across the globe. These cities are home to the most fortunate. The unfortunate? Forced to live outside of the Walls of these cities.
Geraldine Winslow is a Clean City elite in New York. All her life, she's only known the lavish side of the world. Then, she meets Demetrius Cantry. Demetrius has lived his entire life outside of the Walls of New York. But when he gets an opportunity to see what lies on the other side, he takes it. When the paths of these two humans cross, they are suddenly caught up in a world of scandals, and are forced to find out a deeper truth to the Clean Cities.
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