The Infected(rough draft)
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Last published Mon, Jan 26, 2015
In a future where looking at the sun turns people into mindless killing machines, known as The SunStruk, their victims are set against one another in hopes of finding a cure. But as more and more of her friends die 17-year old Kaya begins to wonder if their is more to being an Infected and this house of death then meets the eye. Kaya's journey unearths many secrets of her past, and unites her with friends new and old and brings her to love,but it also leads her back to her hometown-the place where she died. But is she ready to face it?
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