Scriptum
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With the help of friends and rogue government officials, Rani Farah and Gabriel Alagona must uncover a conspiracy of supernatural proportions. Adorned with Victorian Steampunk, the protagonists must fight a past that slowly creeps on them. The mission and their partnership become entangled in a mystery the reader slowly uncovers page after page. How do Rani and Gabriel know about the common suspect? Were they destined to solve this conspiracy, or did they saw too much? Is doing the right thing an act of selflessness or justice? Scriptum is a story that engages the reader in a supernatural adventure and serves as a thrilling manuscript about self-forgiveness, confronting the past, and letting go.
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