World Builder #ONC2024
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Rule #1- Don't get involved with anyone from your planet.
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Wyatt is a World Builder in training- the most prestigious job available to humans on EXO, a space station created to oversee creation- and destruction- of planets.
In order to launch his new world, Wyatt needs to prove that his prototype can sustain itself in a five year test run. He never expects to fall in love with Emma, a woman from the test run planet, who is going to die when the planet is shut down.
Wyatt must battle with his sense of duty and his heart to decide what is best for his future, and for the future of everyone on his planet.
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