The Day The Cicadas Went Quiet

The Day The Cicadas Went Quiet

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In the scorched heart of Midwest Georgia, 2091, the world is an oven and survival is a sentence. The heatwave isn't the only thing killing off the weak-those in power watch from their glass towers as people are culled like livestock: obsolete, defective, outdated. Children play among corpses. Laughter echoes where hope has died. And above it all, the audience applauds the spectacle. A lyrical, disturbing descent into dehumanisation, control, and the quiet horrors we learn to accept.
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