SHADOWS: Aftermath
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Last published Mon, May 31, 2021
A case that has the whole of NYTE City shaking brings Detective Wei-Donnovan into a new world of greater stakes. It isn't just warfare, it's much bigger than that. No one can escape the truth. The streets under the darkness of the city are just a doorway to entirely more dangerous worlds altogether.
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