After The Darkness: Episode One (Excerpt Only)
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Until recently, fourteen-year-old Nadia Comani lived a life of privilege. But her family’s refusal to compromise their values changes everything. Nadia is cast down from her pedestal of power onto the trash heap of the lower classes. No longer guaranteed a life of ease, Nadia faces a future of servitude. Branded as powerless and deviant she must discover a way to save herself and what remains of her family.
Fourteen-year-old Nadia is one of the lucky ones, born into a family employed in the heating industry places her amongst the privileged, that is until now…
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