Perchta
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Last published Sat, Jul 16, 2016
In a place that isn't really anywhere, at every time at once, the leaders of an ancient war rule over their soldiers. They have had years of peace - free of the bloodthirsty 'wolves' that pursue their kind.
That is, until a human breaks through the doors - trailing a wolf, and changing everything. Chaos is emerging from the smoke, and at the center of it is one cruel goddess.
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