The Cipher
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  • Reads 288
  • Votes 6
  • Parts 17
  • Time 1h 36m
Ongoing, First published Jan 22, 2014
After Aspen and Cyrus are visited by a bedraggled messenger, they ponder the complex question that is whether or not they should become rebels. In doing so, they must weigh the intricacies of love and hate, life and death, and war and peace. The fight has only just begun, but the true question is: how will it end?
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