Dichotomy
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Last published Sat, Jul 19, 2025
Dichotomy (noun): a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposites or completely different.
After surviving a wide-world plague, minors suddenly start to show strange symptoms - which later turns out to be superpowers. Knowing that the misery is big, the government starts to hunt them down, wanting to use them to restore the planet. However, their plans don't really match with the human rights, and the way they want to build up a new world isn't very friendly either. Four teenage kids know this too well and decide to flee to a place where it's said to be safe and everyone is living in harmony: The Safe Horizont.
But the trip is dangerous and challenging. They constantly have to hide from the authorities and survive on their own.
Will Victoria, Maéline, David, and Levin make it to the Safe Horizont?
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