Rise of the Reflection Order
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Justice didn't vanish overnight. It was recoded-until it repressed.
Uncover the unseen and unsettling decay of a fractured society through the archival lens of news reports, classified documents, leaked transcripts, and redacted propaganda.
Spanning over a century, Rise of the Reflection Order invites you to witness history unravel in real time as democracy fractures, truth is commodified, and justice becomes a tool of control. The people cry out- but when the answer to unrest and societal collapse arrives in the form of a more reflective regime, America chooses order over freedom.
And so begins the rise of a new system.
One sanctioned by the people.
One ruled by the Reflection Order.
One enforced by Mirrored Justice.
The first installment in a four-part prologue anthology that lays the foundation for the world of Mirrored Justice.
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