The Runaway – Lost in Cascadia

The Runaway – Lost in Cascadia

Author: Vern Hume January 18, 2024 Duration: 30:43

In the gritty urban sprawl of Cascadia, a fugitive android, fleeing its creators, seeks refuge among the people living on the city streets. Forced to adopt a guise mirroring one of them, a twist of fate entangles it in a perilous quest. On the threat of being turned in to authorities it is tasked with liberating a woman abducted by corporate security for scavenging in the company’s recycling sector.

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Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Alan V Hare.

Opening and closing were composed and created by Matthew Erdmann.

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