If I Should Die Before I Wake...
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On the outside, Mara looks like a normal university student, stressing over exams and lectures. But dig a little deeper, and you will see that she is far from normal.
What you don't know, is Mara is haunted by horrible nightmares containing a man in a black coat. After seeing him in a nightmare on one particular night, she starts to see him while she is awake. Just a glimpse now and again, but what is to follow is more horrifying than any of her wildest nightmares...
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