Birth Row
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Clara Gannett is rich, famous and beautiful. She also has an axe to grind. Leonard Watkins murdered four of her ancestors for which he received four consecutive life sentences. Clara is determined to make sure he serves all four of them. At over 150 years, the Gannett-Watkins feud is the longest running in human history, it is also the most popular.
It is 2206 and Watkins is about to be rebirthed again to begin serving his fourth and last life sentence. Ensuring Watkins rots in prison is Clara's responsibility to her family. This solemn pledge was sealed with a deathbed promise to her Grandmother.
Clara uses the full force of her wealth and connections to carry out her plans. But her success does not come without consequences. The kind of consequences that will change her life forever.
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