The Other Path
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Last published Mon, Aug 11, 2014
One hundred years ago, the Earth died. Humanity ran its home planet into the ground. It now lies barren; a brown wasteland, desert where there was once an oasis of life.
Now, the descendants of Humanity who left--chosen for their genetic potential--are returning in a mission to re-terraform Earth (now called Terra) and make peace with the remnants of the people they abandoned to war and death.
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