Time is Running Out
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Last published Wed, Mar 27, 2019
It was the way things worked. Always before, always now, always forever. In the world where Raine "3" lives, people are categorized by times, present like a tattoo since birth, and determines what times they are allowed to proceed outside. Follow the main characters in their journey in the corrupt social structure that they were born into and their struggles to find a better world for everyone; for it is not about us, or them, but it is about equality, it is about how everyone should get-and deserves-a chance to become who they want to be-because time? It's running out.
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