The Takings (ON HOLD)
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Ongoing2h 9m
Last published Tue, Mar 21, 2017
Johannah Klearwater lives in a constant state of worry. For as long as people in her little desert village can remember, people have been taken. The Takings (as they call them) normally happen in the middle of the night-loved ones are snatched right out of their beds, friends from their homes, neighbors from the only place they feel safe. When someone close to Johannah is Taken, she decides to take matters into her own hands and find out why these disappearances keep happening and who is responsible.
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