The Cost of Dreams
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A world plauged by a dangerous fever has left Cosima with nothing but a tiny strand of false hope.
What lies beyond this world is shocking and a whirlwind of betrayal and deception.
When madness begins to make the mind sick, will she save herself or her world?
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