Mortality Revisited

HEALF, the most Hellish planet in the Universe!
On a planet rife with government corruption, human trafficking, and a sunrise that turns the exposed surface into an inferno, Captain 'Rod' Rodick is naive. He knows about the corruption, the slave trade, and especially the deadly sunrise. What he doesn't know about is the sub-culture living within the bowels of the planet, an evil hierarchy that makes the surface society appear civilized by comparison.
When his flying machine crashes in the Eastern Fringe, Rod seeks refuge in the dark tunnels and catacombs of HEALF where he is forced into the role of reluctant hero, or lose everything and everyone that he's come to care about.

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