Space Runner
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Last published Sat, Jul 16, 2016
In a world ravaged by war, bombs killing the majority of human population the most important to societies survival - politicians, engineers, doctors, scientists. However they were still bringing people up. After years, four years to be precise they've opened the launch stations again. The people that survived that were still disease free are being brought up to help create the perfect army.
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