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The Drowned Cities
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In a war-torn future America, two orphaned children struggle to survive and find hope amidst the chaos and violence of the drowned cities.

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In war, there were no good choices. Only choices you could live with after.

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Survival was a moment to moment affair.

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Pain is a lesson you'll never forget.

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Sometimes, all you could do was try to outlive your bad luck.

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Killing a man didn't make you a monster. It just proved you were alive.

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War had a way of making people forget what they were.

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Fear was a disease that spread from one person to another, poisoning everyone in its path.

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fear

In this world, you either survived or you didn't.

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Revenge was a trap that ensnared everyone it touched.

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Sometimes, the hardest choices were the ones you had to make for others.

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