The Gift

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Listen to me. We don't have much time.

My name is Whit Allgood. I guess you've heard of me and my sister, Wisty, and of the crazy stuff that's happened, but here's the thing: it's so much worse than you think it is.

Trust me when I tell you that these are the worst of times and that the best of times are little more than a distant memory. And no one seems to be paying attention to what's going on. Are you?

Paying attention?

Imagine that all the things you love most in the world-and probably take for granted-are now banned. Your books, music, movies, art… all snatched away. Burned. That's life under the New Order, the so-called government-or brutal totalitarian regime-that's taken over this world. Now, with every waking breath, we have to fight for every freedom we have left. Even our imagination is at risk. Can you picture your government trying to destroy that? It's inhuman.

And yet… they're calling us criminals.

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