Illumination and Umbra
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Last published Mon, Aug 5, 2013
Based off Korean series "Heartless City" produced by JTBC. It's been four years since that final tragic play of blood, betrayal, and retribution. There's a new drug that's filtering through the city's underbelly with deadly results. It's a race against time as lovelines are reformed, alliances made, betrayals discovered, and lethal stakes are raised.
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