"It was never the world that made it impossible, it has always been you."
In the year 1966, at the heart of Manila, a determined future public servant Leana Dela Torre got herself into an argument with an anti-bad government aspiring journalist Danilo Orcullo while on a queue for an ongoing enrollment in a university.
With their seemingly contradicting principles, opinions, and decisions, they seem to grow in each other, they decided to be together and tried their best to live the life that they have chosen and wanted.
After tons of protest, threats of rebellion against the government, and the threat of life; a proclamation was declared, that put the entire land in a law that made the critics in danger and the dead fish alive.
Due to the restrictions and new rules, Danilo Orcullo disappeared.
After two years of service to the new society, Staff Sergeant Leana Dela Torre did not return to her post.
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This is historical fiction inspired by true events.
Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞; 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨: 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞.
Lumaking hindi kilala ang tunay na mga magulang, maagang namulat si Leroncillo San Roque sa kalupitan ng mundo. Ngayong nabigyan siya ng pagkakataong maipaglaban ang pagkakapantay-pantay, handa ba siyang isakripasyo ang lahat maatim lang ang hinahangad na tagumpay?
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Mulat sa bulok na sistema ng lipunan, tumatak sa isipan ni Leroncillo San Roque ang kawalan ng hustisya at hindi patas na trato sa mga mahihirap. Bagama't lumaki sa kalinga ng isang prayle, hindi pa rin naging madali ang daloy ng kaniyang buhay. Patuloy pa rin siyang sinusubok ng mga tao, ng pagkakataon, at ng tadhana. Ngayong naipit si Leron sa isang sitwasyon na maaaring magpahamak sa mga taong mahalaga sa kaniya, ano nga ba ang tamang hakbang upang makamit niya ang inaasam na kalayaan at hustisya? Magagawa ba niyang linlangin ang kalaban at mailigtas ang kaniyang amain at mga kaibigan? O mapupunta lamang ba sa wala ang lahat ng kaniyang pinaghirapan?
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