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Hard Vacuum: Short Episodes In The Future

benfranklinstein

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Reads 622
Votes 109
Parts 55
Time 1h 51m

benfranklinstein

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Space, spies, politics, and an ancient horror. 

A warrior king has just conquered the solar system of Gorm. Now he just has to hold onto it while the displaced actors of the previous regime scheme against him and each other for power. 

A computer hacker and her robot friend are pressed into the middle of a spy vs spy world. It's hard for her to tell who's side she's even on or how far over her head she's gotten, but at least it pays well.

A technological wizard has cut off a primitive star system from the rest of the universe in order to pursue his studies of a branch of humanity that has fallen back to the stone age.

A small crew has taken over a ghost ship floating in the emptiness of space and are tormented by a mysterious horror.All Rights Reserved

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Safforia

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