The Crimson Ruins
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Last published Fri, May 29, 2015
It's the year of 2250.
Denver, Colorado has been home to the scarlet ruins for centuries.
The rich live in domed cities, free of disease and environmentally regulated.
Those waiting to live in the domed cities harbor inside concrete walls.
Most of these middle class cities go unharmed, are guarded from attack.
Most of them.
Young 14 year old "Skit", was taken by thugs to be sold as a prostitute, until Skit made a slick get a way, with a gang member from Denver, taking Skit's life somewhere never even presumed.
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One hundred years ago, the place once known as the United States of America was reduced to rubble by a great war. A new government was set in place and the fifty states were transformed into thirteen obeying colonies. Each colony had a job and a special trademark which originates from the name of the colony. Due to overpopulation in the colonies, the Cleansing Squad is sent in to weed out all of the imperfect. Anyone who fails their Examination, and therefore, serves little to no purpose to the great nation of Noredge, will be escorted out of their colony and into Purity, Noredge's capital, for public execution. Fourteen year old Violet Foxwood lives in the colony of Nobility with her father and younger sister. Examination day is perceived as a death sentence to the household, especially after losing their mother to the Exam. When Examination day arrives, Violet is put in a battle between herself, romance, and her family.
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