Terra Mortua

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Terra Mortua, a powerful city raised by industry and built on war, has finally found balance and is run in near-peace. But even the sweetest cities hold dark secrets. 

Terrified by the prospect of another uprising, the governing body - the Canem Tracto - enlist the help of the Rebels, in order to seek out potential dangers to the city's foundations and eliminate them undercover.

For Toby 'Bug' Jackson however, Terra Mortua is no longer a place of peace and work. After his wife's death, he leaves the city with his son Henry in order to escape the memories that haunt him. But now Henry wants to go back, wants to find footing in the city and work as his father did. But his curiosity lands him and Bug in trouble, and they are separated. Will Bug find his son? Or will he have to call for help from the people he fears the most?

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