From Ashes
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A small, shrouded Kansas town is torn apart when a young reporter investigates the circumstances involving a ghostly appearance he encounters behind the century-old Plainview Hotel. As he digs deeper and the forces opposing him grow more violent, he realizes he has mere days to solve the mystery and free the town from its hidden curse or suffer the consequences of his interference.
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