Redemption
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Last published Sat, May 21, 2016
There are things in this world that we, as humans, choose to turn a blind eye to in the interest of our own selfish desires. Things that can ultimately blacken your soul and corrupt you from the inside out as the City of Danville soon realizes.
The city, once a shining example of beauty and perfection, giving way to become nothing more than a crime riddled cesspool. With the city approaching what very well could be the point of no return, an intervening hand steps in to give Danville one last shot at Redemption. But, the redemption that this helping hand offers isn't the kind that one would expect.
Plans ultimately unfold and lives are destroyed as Danville is taken to its breaking point and converges on being torn apart by the very seams that held it so tightly together.
Which offers up the city a question: How far is one truly willing to go to sacrifice it all for one last chance at Redemption?
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