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Road to Arcadia

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Reads 70,819
Votes 3,576
Parts 27
Time 4h 18m

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Kai Gilling, a transgender wanderer traversing the American West, has to trek hundreds of miles in his beat up Jeep, in order to reach an urban legend rumored to be the only settlement still thriving.

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It's a Wasteland, baby. In the uncomfortably not-so-distant future, the world has been ravaged by natural disasters, water shortages, and public apathy. People like Kai Gilling have flocked to the desert (once known as the American West) in hopes of finding a better life. After picking up a pair of siblings, the three come across a strange woman who claims to have a map to Arcadia, an urban legend rumored to be the only city thriving in the wreckage of the old world. Will they keep their hearts set on an oasis in the desert--even if it's just a mirage? Or will they be tempted by something elseAll Rights Reserved

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Lost Horizon (Sample) cover

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Arlington (Book One) cover

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All Is Red- DISCONTINUED - cover

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Lost Horizon (Sample)

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