ANOMALIES ZERO
SYNOPSIS : In a world of designer babies, one infant, preordained to become an ultramarathon champion, wins race after race. His rival, a “natural” whose genes have traversed down through generations of ancient tribesmen, faces him head to head in a world-wide competition run by giant corporations. But it all comes down to strength, endurance and most of all, determination.
BRIGHTWOOD
SYNOPSIS : In a world attacked by a resistant strain of the Bubonic Plague, a physician and infectious disease specialist, Dr. Melissa Grant, must travel back in time to retrieve the DNA marker for immunity during The Great Visitation in London, 1665; her ultimate destination a small village, self-quarantined, just outside of London, known as Brightwood.
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SYNOPSIS : In a world of designer babies, one infant, preordained to become an ultramarathon champion, wins race after race. His rival, a “natural” whose genes have traversed down through generations of ancient tribesmen, faces him head to head in a world-wide competition run by giant corporations. But it all comes down to strength, endurance and most of all, determination.
BRIGHTWOOD
SYNOPSIS : In a world attacked by a resistant strain of the Bubonic Plague, a physician and infectious disease specialist, Dr. Melissa Grant, must travel back in time to retrieve the DNA marker for immunity during The Great Visitation in London, 1665; her ultimate destination a small village, self-quarantined, just outside of London, known as Brightwood.
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SYNOPSIS : In a world of designer babies, one infant, preordained to become an ultramarathon champion, wins race after race. His rival, a “natural” whose genes have traversed down through generations of ancient tribesmen, faces him head to head in a world-wide competition run by giant corporations. But it all comes down to strength, endurance and most of all, determination.
BRIGHTWOOD
SYNOPSIS : In a world attacked by a resistant strain of the Bubonic Plague, a physician and infectious disease specialist, Dr. Melissa Grant, must travel back in time to retrieve the DNA marker for immunity during The Great Visitation in London, 1665; her ultimate destination a small village, self-quarantined, just outside of London, known as Brightwood.
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