The Scavengers
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Last published Thu, Jan 14, 2016
My entry for Wattpad SciFi's Winter Ashes contest.
The Final War blew the entire world apart. With the ultimate use of nuclear weapons, a nuclear winter descended upon the globe. But at the same time that radiation changed some of Earth's inhabitants. Even though the war has ended, what is the military willing to do to get its hands on these new humans?
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