Half A Second Life
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Last published Sun, Aug 28, 2022
After a science experiment involving otherworldly materials goes arry, a young theological physicist, his coworker companions and his trusty crowbar must attempt to drive off other worldy invaders before they take over the world. After 20 years in a void stasis by some time stopping anomaly, the young doctor Gordon Freeman is plunged into the future in an unknown location. Is this war against these invaders already over before it began?
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