Vortex
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No one knows what the mysterious VORTEX is. But it keeps the city of Antolle's inhabitants filled with dread at its power. Jonah and Violet live in the icy dark city with their last remaining family member Mawmaw their fragile grandmother. The old ways of life when there was a sun and freedom are spoken about in forbidden whispers. They are always being watched by silent forces that are using the inhabitants for their own purposes. Hulking metal cybots glide along the streets and pathways and without provocation civilians disappear. When Jonah sets out to gather the families supplies one dark night, he never returns. Violet must figure out what happened and why the citizens are disappearing into the Vortex. On a dark subway platform she meets a strange boy who may knew the secret.
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