Darkness Behind the Dawn
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Last published Sun, Mar 15, 2015
In a nation where women and minorities are oppressed to the point of death, few people are willing to stand up for what is right. People around the Republic of the Aurora work to get people out and onto Canada.
Mary Cransworth is one of these people.
She lives in what used to be New York. She works to help women, families, and anyone who needs help to get away. She runs the risk of death every day, working to save those with targets on their backs.
She writes down the stories fugitives tell her of their suffering, their pain, and their desire to be free. She remembers their tales in the hopes that someone will use them as proof of the evildoings of the Republic.
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