The underworlders
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Last published Thu, Jul 1, 2021
A society that has lived underground for over 100 years, oblivious of what is occurring above ground. When four teenagers get curious to find a way out the society, tries to stop them in fear of what might be awaiting them up there...
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H21 has spent her entire life behind white walls, hundreds of metres below the ground. She lives in one of the many so-called"Camps", which were built as safe respites after a deadly nuclear war rendered life on the surface of the Earth impossible. But is life below the surface what it seems to be? The truth will be revealed, humanity's darkest sin unveiled. Would H21 want to find the answer to her question? She has always being different. It's only a matter of whether people care.
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