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  ALBA

  HL TRUSLOVE

  Copyright © Inside the Box Game Studio Ltd. 2021, All Rights Reserved.

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  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the copyright holder, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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  Author: H L Truslove

  Chief Editor: Linda Canton

  Additional Editing: Rose Atkinson

  Producer: Peter Blenkharn

  Illustration: Marco Luna

  Design & Art Direction: Liam Relph

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  Alba Special Edition eBook 1.1

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  ISBN: 978-1-913921-02-6

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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Acknowledgments

  For my mum – for always believing in me, even when I didn't believe in myself.

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  For Shazleen – because I made you dedicate your first book to me.

  Contents

  What is an Open World Adventure Book?

  How it Works

  Chapter 1

  The Voyage

  1.0

  1.1

  1.2

  1.3

  1.4

  1.5

  1.6

  1.7

  1.8

  1.9

  1.10

  1.11

  1.12

  1.13

  1.14

  Chapter 2

  The Storm

  2.1

  2.2

  2.3

  2.4

  2.5

  2.6

  2.7

  2.8

  2.9

  2.10

  2.11

  2.12

  2.13

  2.14

  2.15

  2.16

  2.17

  2.18

  2.19

  2.20

  Chapter 3

  The Powerplant

  3.1

  3.2

  3.3

  3.4

  3.5

  3.6

  3.7

  3.8

  3.9

  3.10

  3.11

  3.12

  3.13

  3.14

  3.15

  3.16

  3.17

  3.18

  Chapter 4

  Return to the Powerplant

  4.1

  4.2

  4.3

  4.4

  4.5

  4.6

  4.7

  4.8

  4.9

  4.10

  4.11

  4.12

  4.13

  Chapter 5

  The Ship

  5.1

  5.2

  5.3

  5.4

  5.5

  5.6

  5.7

  5.8

  5.9

  5.10

  5.11

  Chapter 6

  Return to the Ship

  6.1

  6.2

  6.2a

  6.3

  6.4

  6.5

  6.6

  6.7

  6.8

  6.9

  6.10

  6.11

  6.12

  6.13

  6.14

  6.15

  6.16

  6.17

  6.18

  6.19

  6.20

  6.21

  6.22

  6.23

  6.24

  6.25

  6.26

  Chapter 7

  The Raid

  7.0

  7.1

  7.1a

  7.2

  7.3

  7.4

  7.5

  7.6

  7.7

  7.8

  7.9

  7.10

  7.10a

  7.11

  7.12

  7.13

  7.14

  7.15

  7.16

  7.17

  7.18

  7.19

  7.20

  7.21

  7.22

  Chapter 8

  The Great Migration

  8.1

  8.2

  8.2a

  8.3

  8.4

  8.5

  8.6

  8.7

  8.8

  8.9

  8.10

  8.11

  8.12

  8.13

  8.14

  Chapter 9

  The Scavenger Village

  9.1

  9.2

  9.3

  9.4

  9.5

  9.6

  9.7

  9.8

  9.9

  9.10

  9.11

  9.12

  9.13

  9.14

  Chapter 10

  Return to the Scavenger Village

  10.1

  10.2

  10.3

  10.4

  10.5

  10.6

  10.7

  10.8

  10.9

  10.10

  10.11

  10.12

  Chapter 11

  The Bridge

  11.1

  11.2

  11.3

  11.4

  11.5

  11.6

  11.7

  11.8

  11.9

  11.10

  11.11

  11.12

  11.13

  11.14

  11.15

  11.16

  11.17

  11.18

  11.19

  11.20

  11.21

  11.22

  11.23

  11.24

  11.25

  11.26

  11.27

  11.28

  11.29

  11.30

  Chapter 12

  The Zoo

  12.1

  12.2

  12.3

  12.4

  12.5

  12.6

  12.7

  12.8

  12.9

  12.10

  12.11

  12.12

  12.13

  12.14

  12.15

  12.16

  12.17

  12.18

  12.19

  Chapter 13

  The City Centre

  13.1

  13.2

  13.3

  13.4

  13.5

  13.6

  13.7

  Chapter 14

  The Church

  14.0

  14.1

  14.1a

  14.2

  14.3

  14.4

  14.5

  14.6

  14.7

  14.8

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  14.10

  14.11

  14.12

  14.13

  14.14

  14.15

  14.16

  14.17

  14.18

  14.19

  14.20

  14.21

  Chapter 15

  The Uranium Heist

  15.1

  15.2

  15.3

  15.4

  15.5

  15.6

  15.7

  15.8

  15.9

  15.10

  15.11

  15.12

  15.13

  15.14

  15.15

  15.16

  15.17

  15.18

  15.19

  15.20

  15.21

  15.22

  15.23

  15.24

  15.25

  15.26

  15.27

  15.28

  15.29

  15.30

  Chapter 16

  The Cell

  16.0

  16.1a

  16.1

  16.2

  16.3

  16.4

  16.5

  16.6

  16.6a

  16.7

  16.8

  16.9

  16.10

  16.11

  16.12

  16.13

  16.14

  16.15

  16.16

  16.17

  16.18

  16.19

  16.20

  16.21

  16.22

  16.23

  16.24

  16.25

  Chapter 17

  The Library

  17.0

  17.1

  17.1a

  17.2

  17.3

  17.4

  17.5

  17.6

  17.7

  17.8

  17.9

  17.10

  17.11

  17.12

  17.13

  17.14

  17.15

  17.16a

  17.16

  17.17

  17.18

  17.19

  17.20

  17.21

  Chapter 18

  The Base/The Offer

  18.1

  18.2

  18.3

  18.4

  18.5

  18.6

  18.7

  18.8

  18.9

  18.10

  18.11

  18.12

  18.13

  18.14

  18.15

  18.16

  18.17

  18.18

  18.19

  Chapter 19

  Return to the Base

  19.1

  19.2

  19.3

  19.4

  19.5

  19.6

  19.7

  19.8

  19.9a

  19.9b

  19.9

  19.10

  19.11

  19.11a

  19.12

  19.13

  19.14

  19.15

  19.16

  19.17

  19.18

  19.19

  Chapter 20

  The Push

  20.1

  20.2

  20.3

  20.4

  20.5

  20.5a

  20.6

  20.7

  20.8

  20.9

  20.10

  20.11

  20.12

  20.13

  20.14

  20.15

  20.16

  20.17

  20.18

  20.19

  20.20

  20.21

  20.22

  20.23

  20.24

  20.25

  Chapter 21

  The Open Fields

  21.1

  21.2

  21.3

  21.4

  21.5

  21.6

  21.6a

  21.7

  21.8

  21.8a

  21.8b

  21.9

  21.10

  21.11

  21.12

  21.13

  21.14

  Chapter 22

  The Metro

  22.1

  22.2

  22.3

  22.4

  22.5