Us and Them

Us and Them

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Last published Thu, Oct 10, 2019

desert post-apocalyptic scifi-fantasy

Set in the far future, a group of elite soldiers defend the humans who slumber beneath the surface from an influx of eldritch horrors. pic unrelated

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