Divided
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Book #1 in Divided duology
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What would you do if someone stole your happiness? Would you just sit back and do nothing or fight for it?
The world of perfection and happiness. The world without sadness or fear. That is the world Max Pierson lives in. Every day he watches over children from local daycare in park with his friend Sarah and in free time he practices archery in the woods. He's carefree except that he's struggling to tell Sarah he likes her more than a friend. Soon that's going to change when the world of Caelum is going to be attacked by the ones that were a secret for hundreds of years.
The world of fear and pain. The world of tough work and starvation. Gehenna, that is the world Cathleen Odeah lives in. Every day is worse than one before. She's seeing pain and death everywhere. Working in the mine and gathering goods for the ones in Caelum is what Cat and her family do every day, so the millions of others that live in Gehenna. Finally, came the day when the Gehenna people decided to take their lives in their own hands. Life of fight is what's awaiting Cat, but she's ready to do everything to protect her family and to get the happiness that was stolen from them.
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