Schism
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  • Reads 1,458
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  • Parts 18
  • Time 4h 6m
Ongoing, First published Apr 11, 2014
2017: One June evening, a careless scientist leaves his laboratory with traces of a newly engineered virus on his clothing. Weeks later, six billion people across the globe are dead. Only the young are spared...

2022: After five years on a remote Atlantic island, nineteen-year-old Andy and her friends, Morgan and Charlie, are forced to return to America. What awaits is a journey across the country, contending with chaos and brutality at every turn.

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The beginning of a new dystopian trilogy to be released Fall 2015...the original title was, "The Fractured Road" but the new title is "Schism". I would LOVE to get feedback from all my readers prior to offical publication.  All opinions mean so much to me.  And check out the new cover too!!
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