After the Falling
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Last published Sat, Jan 1, 2022
After an alien invasion forces humanity to cower in hidden and fortified places, Aznala scrapes her way through life in a settlement for 15 years without trouble.
That is until a competition promises enough riches to change anyone's life in the lower districts. She has no interest in risking her life outside the settlement until she's given an ultimatum that means certain death or for her to enter the deadly game.
15 players.
15 desperate men and women from all over the settlement.
15 people to fight tooth and nail over the prize of winning the competition. Enemies is what they need to be in order to survive the dangerous world crawling with deadly creatures from another place. But that's hard when one of them prove to be useful in her getting out alive. That's even harder when he slowly steals her heart out from under her.
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