MAX ORDOS DOES NOT EXIST
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Private investigator Pearl Durkee is sent to the small college town of Kadath, PA to investigate a farm house before it's sold to a developer. Turns out, Kadath is a strange little town: the name Max Ordos crops up everywhere, a blonde woman in a letterman jacket describes horrible military experiments with a voice that isn't really hers, and the town sheriff doesn't want Pearl getting too close to how it all ties together...
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