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    Mutilated (A Short Story of the Jewel Machine Universe)
    Mutilated (A Short Story of the Jewel Machine Universe)
    Mutilated (A Short Story of the Jewel Machine Universe)
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    Mutilated (A Short Story of the Jewel Machine Universe)

    By J.M.D. Reid

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    He could only save one girl.

    Kan hurries through the desert at night, carrying his burden: the girl. The only one he could save from the University’s cruelty. Monstrous hounds and twisted soldiers pursues them. Creatures twisted through foul magics into abominations.

    It will take every skill Kan possesses to see the girl’s survival. He couldn’t save the others, but he will save her from torture and suffering. He isn’t a hero.

    He is only mutilated.

    Kan faces his death to give her a chance at life. Will he save the girl? Or will the abominations cut him down and take her.

    You have to read this action-packed, fast-paced fantasy short to find out!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ.M.D. Reid
    Release dateApr 23, 2018
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