Rebuttal
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Last published Tue, Apr 28, 2020
"Don't feel. Don't show. One wrong step and the clock resets."
In a society where a life without emotions is the only way to live, 17 year old Larissa Simmons discovers a secret that will not only change her, but could change the course of the future forever. Wracked by the burden of this information and the grief of her father's death, Larissa must now set out on a mission to find the truth behind the government's secret and free the world from the ticking clock of the mind trap they are stuck in forever. As this experience transforms her, Larissa must decide who she can trust - and if the man who both threatens and protects her is really on her side.
Because Larissa has a weapon. And as she immerses herself further and deeper into her mission, this weapon might save those Larissa loves...or it might destroy her.
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