Terra Lockdown
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Life passes by, one second at a time. The world has a way of throwing us in at the deep end and watching as we struggle to find a hold. Each day provokes a set of new challenges, perhaps attempting to crush our very existence. But what if these problems were only in our minds, what if the things we knew to be true were instead demonstrably incorrect?
Life is not as it seems. Why is our home faced with so much violence and disruption? Is it because we are instinctively this way, or is it because we have been left here to fend for ourselves, to overcome one of the harshest environments known to life? What could we have possibly done to deserve this punishment, and are we victims of our own mortality?
Jack discovers the life he has been living for thirty years is nothing but a lie. He goes on a journey of discovery to find out what exactly happened to bring him to this awful place, and why he can't remember ever being away from it, and if there is more, why is it being hidden from the rest of humanity.
The place is called Earth and it's not the only planet with human residents.
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