Within Darkness
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“Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily shall possess it” - Edgar Lee
Would you be willing to walk in the valley of the shadow of death?
Or would you go even further by not merely crossing the valley fleetingly but lingering amongst that same shadow, refusing to pass on?
Discover a world that seems to be defined by how ruthless and bloodthirsty you are, for it is in this world that Mary Smith must uncover the truth behind the massacres that the powers that be hide and the public wilfully ignores.
It is said that ignorance is bliss but some people cannot afford to accept that blindness. Mary Smith must find the hunter before the killer decides that her and her family would make the next tasty snack...
In this world of Cimmerian shade, perhaps you'd even come to realise that within shadow - within darkness - there is light and that sometimes, like ignorance, immortality might not be a choice.
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