ARCTIC
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Last published Wed, Jun 12, 2024
Life that hasn't walked the planet in sixty-six million years is stirring once again in a secretive corner of Antarctica, and an unlikely convergence of paths upon the melting southern continent will bring it to light with dangerous consequences. Watch a group of thinkers, adventurers and a lawyer fight for their lives in competitions of fitness never intended by mother nature and ask yourself the question: will they make it out, or die in the icy wastes? And will it even matter if they manage to survive?
Read ARCTIC for an experience the awesomeness of which you've never experienced--or at least for some good fun and the opportunity to provide some constructive criticism on my first draft 😉.
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