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Drowning World
- Humanx Commonwealth, Book 7
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Bio-prospector Shadrach Hasselemoga has come to seek his fortune—if he survives the terrain once his sabotaged ship goes down. When a Sakuntala and a Deyzara are dispatched to rescue the unfortunate soul, their ship crashes, too. Now, in order to survive, the three unlikely allies must do something that no one has ever done before: escape the Viisiiviisii before it consumes them . . .
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