High tech Science Fiction and Fantasy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is the year 99 of the Age of Enlightenment. Alan is completing his apprenticeship and will soon become a citizen, along with his lifelong friend Haji. Gadim, the founder and leader of Darm, announced that the cure to the Torment, the disease that led to the end of Mankind, was close to being discovered. Salvation seemed assured. But when an incident in the Project facility leads to the disappearance of two Specialists that were working on the cure, Alan's life takes an unexpected turn. Curious in nature and ever suspicious about the doctrines instilled into every darmian since young age, he attempts to uncover the truth about the incident, but stumbles upon an odd and astonishing girl and is soon faced with the greatest challenge of his life. With nowhere to run, he is forced to choose between his citizenship and saving a girl he had never seen before. And when an unsightly creature made of flesh and metal is intent on capturing him, dead or alive, his very existence is in peril...
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