The Beneficial
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Far into the future, all that's supposedly left of humanity is gathered into one city, run by The Beneficial, a sinister organisation controlling the lives of all of those living in the city centre.
But towards the outskirts there live groups of rebels, moving on every so often to avoid the Exterminators who are always close behind.
Cal is a rebel and Em is a city girl who managed to meet against all the odds. But when Em is imprisoned there's nothing Cal can do. Or is there?
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