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Please see the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storiesofwonder.com\/collections\/dystopia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Dystopian Book Collection\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDystopia Book Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shades-of-forever-chris-kluwe","title":"Shades of Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a heretofore calm pocket of a postapocalyptic world, a few survivors find they are not alone as they face a new reality rife with cosmic horrors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an isolated village at the edge of a forest, the last of humanity ekes out a spirited existence on an Earth that was ravaged by cataclysm generations ago. Here, Sky Memoriam prepares to assume the role of memory keeper, sole relator of the long-forgotten histories of the Old World. 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