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Hell's Womb

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Reads 5,842
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Parts 13
Time 45m

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Chemistry happens, in more ways than one. Trapped four hundred feet down, Serge and Gayle fight to survive while preventing an unspeakable evil from reaching the surface.

"I tried cutting the tension in this story with a knife before eventually resorting to a rusty chainsaw."

Four hundred feet below the surface of company-mining-town Thurber, Texas a dangerous experiment within a clandestine lab explodes. If the survivors can't uncover the cause of the explosion while containing the monstrous threat it has released, thousands of others will suffer an even worse fate.All Rights Reserved

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Alex in Wunderstrande: The Clairvoyance Clock [BOOK ONE] by kalelawrence

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The Ruins by Arveliot

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VEINS OF TERROR. by moranAnk

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Alex in Wunderstrande: The Clairvoyance Clock [BOOK ONE] cover

The Ruins cover

A sky pirate's last flight cover

VEINS OF TERROR. cover

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Alex in Wunderstrande: The Clairvoyance Clock [BOOK ONE]

Things are never as they seem. [Highest Rank: #41 Steampunk, #22 Dieselpunk]] For seventeen-year old Alexander Rosengrant, the recent war in Wunderstrande was anything but victorious. Haunted by visions of his friends' last memories as soldiers, Alex finds himself emotionally distant toward his Uncle Brody, Lancaster's star general. Unexpectedly, the mention of a mad scientist's strange artifact propels Alex on a risky journey, leading him to unravel a tangled mess of lies. But one inconceivable discovery surrounding the heart of the war catches Alex off guard-one that threatens his very existence.