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Last published Fri, Oct 11, 2013
Set in a near futuristic society. A mutated gene has caused the power hungry Chairman of the Republic of North America (former USA) to isolate a whole population of people. When young Aiden is born, his parents never expected a child who may very well bring about a revolution.
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