Overgrown
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In the 2030's, climate change resulted in the destruction of soil nutrients throughout the United States. In order to solve the massive food shortages being caused by nothing being able to grow, scientists began to create plants with genes from carnivorous plants in order to survive in the nutrient poor soil. That worked great until the plants started evolving to eat people.
over 100 years later, members of the Plant Life Extermination Action Force (PLEAF) are tasked with keeping humans safe from the attacking plant life. But who will protect humanity from the very organization dedicated to protect them.
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