The Vigil
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Last published Sun, Mar 15, 2015
Rising up through the veins of Brooklyn, a crime wave is overtaking the city, one step at a time. Urban law enforcement, being only the servants of a flawed system, are outmatched, and far behind in maintaining order, leaving the task up too chaotic and lawless vigilantes, bounty hunters, and mercenaries, that follow no laws but their own....
Three, slightly insane citizens of Brooklyn, have been contacted by a mysterious organization known as "The Vigil" to take on this dark uprising, by whatever means necessary
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