Stand Alone
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Last published Sat, Sep 10, 2016
When young, 21 year old ex-marine McKenzie Taylor follows in her dead parents' footsteps it can mean nothing but bad news. It's make or break time for McKenzie as she takes over Operation Curahee; the operation she thought had been shut down years ago. With lies being told, secrets kept and sinister truths revealed; will she make it out alive?
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