The Council
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Last published Mon, Jul 27, 2020
The world has been turned upside down.
Protest panic and revolution have changed the course of Celeste Devereaux's life forever. As a former party girl who's life consisted mostly of going out, drinking and studying, her new life is a far cry from that old world. The revolution hit like a tonne of bricks and threw Celeste and her sister into a life they didn't pick out for themselves. But when the new council member for the House of Gaia is murdered, life gets far more complicated.
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