The Phoenix Rises
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Last published Tue, Jun 30, 2020
In the future, Great Britain is no longer a democracy, but an unforgiving autocracy ruled by the ruthless and law-abiding Chancellor Milverton. When Zachary Aiton, a young boy, all of sixteen, experiences a traumatizing tragedy on his way home from school, he is recruited by a secret group fighting under the rug to free the United Kingdom. After two years of extensive intellectual and combative training, he is selected to lead a faction of Rebel Soldiers for a string of Surgical Strikes. When the Rebellion gets information about biogenetic experiments being conducted by the Party of Security, Zachary and his team are sent to investigate. But the mission goes terribly wrong, and Zachary is adorned with unimaginable powers. Zack must now use these powers to his advantage, and turn the tide in favor of Freedom...
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