Bayou
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Complete, First published Jul 08, 2019
Mature
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Determined to protect her family from a government set on exterminating them, Willow flees the city into a chemical swamp full of mutated wildlife. 

Season 1 of Toxic Nature    
                   
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The world has changed, and so has Willow. A government formed by good intentions and a dying planet is killing everyone. The criteria needed to stay alive gets more stringent every day, and Willow barters her soul to keep the ones she loves safe. But when two children are sentenced to die, she risks it all to save them. Willow and her family make the deadly decision to run to the one place the officials won't follow. 

The bayou. Deemed uninhabitable after the dumping of mysterious, neon-green chemicals, Willow has no idea if they're running toward salvation or a slow, painful death.

But just like the rest of the world, the swamp has changed. When fish have fangs, alligators talk, and a wild man named Croc maneuvers like a beast, Willow will learn what it truly means to be human. 

Toxic Nature Book 1 

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