Shadows of the Future
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Last published Sun, Apr 5, 2015
What lies beneath the shadows of the surface is a task that sixteen year old Annabel and brother Lucas have not yet undertaken.They don't know what Grandpa Edward hasn't told them.The day of the twins seventeenth birthday is the day which they will be informed they will have to be the hero's of Silverstone- the under ground utopia which is under threat.
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