The Waste
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It is 1970 Jordan lives in a dystopian society shocked by the nuclear war that began after hiroshima. 75% of terrestrial earth is dangerously radioactive, and animals have mutated horrendously. After a major blow by the mutants to his city, Jordan must venture beyond his society to find resources to keep his city alive. But the secrets that lie in the shadows are creeping up on Jordan...
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