The Labyrinth Effect
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Last published Sun, Sep 1, 2019
"Around here, the revolution is as good as dead."
For seventeen year old Riven, life is as normal as it's always been. Until the day everything changes forever. Kidnapped by an underground resistance movement seeking to overthrow their government, Riven is thrown into a world she has only read about in books: a world complete with a corrupt government, a sinister plot, hand-to-hand combat, and of course, a brooding bad boy with a mysterious past.
Will Riven be able to keep her wits about her long enough to make it out alive, or will the secrets she uncovers be her undoing?
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