Book One of The Inbetween Archives
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Contents
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[Preface 1 – Classified Material Notice]
[Preface 2 – Cult Initiation Document]
[Chapter 1]
[Chapter 2]
[Chapter 3]
[Chapter 4]
[Chapter 5]
[Chapter 6]
[Chapter 7]
[Chapter 8]
[Chapter 9]
[Chapter 10]
[Chapter 11]
[Chapter 12]
[Chapter 13]
[Chapter 14]
[Chapter 15]
[Chapter 16]
[Chapter 17]
[Chapter 18]
[Chapter 19]
[Chapter 20]
[Chapter 21]
[Chapter 22]
[Chapter 23]
[Chapter 24]
[Chapter 25]
[Chapter 26]
[Chapter 27]
[Chapter 28]
[Chapter 29]
[Chapter 30]
[Chapter 31]
[Chapter 32]
[Chapter 33]
[Chapter 34]
[Chapter 35]
[Chapter 36]
[Chapter 37]
[Chapter 38]
[Chapter 39]
[Chapter 40]
[Chapter 41]
[Chapter 42]
[Chapter 43]
[Chapter 44]
[Chapter 45]
[Chapter 46]
[Chapter 47]
[Chapter 48]
[Chapter 49]
[Chapter 50]
[Chapter 51]
[Epilogue]
Before you enter
Hard Parole contains darker themes and material, including:
- imprisonment and isolation
- trauma and PTSD
- suicidal ideation
- violence and torture
- drug use
- body horror
- institutional abuse
- moral ambiguity
- complicated emotional and sexual relationships
There is also kissing.
Shade insisted that this be disclosed with equal seriousness.
New to The Inbetween Archives?
You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.
Hard Parole is the recommended starting point for the series.
You do not need to read Ghost Formation first.
You do not need to understand the Void.
You do not need a glossary.
Frankly, that last one wouldn’t help as much as you think.
Just start with Wraith in the cell.
Everything gets worse from there.
Already finished Hard Parole?
Firstly:
Congratulations. You survived!
Statistically improbable. Emotionally questionable.
Secondly, the story continues in:
Conditional Release
The mission is over.
The consequences are not.
[CONTINUE TO CONDITIONAL RELEASE]
Or, if you’d rather go backwards before you go forward:
Meet Ghost Command before they were ghosts.
It hurts better when you already know what they lose.
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