| Jack Morgan is a fourteen year-old reformed thief and con-artist who is framed for a theft when transporting Braxton Universis cargo. Hiding from the megacorporation's security force on an obscure planet he witnesses the near total destruction of the advance scouts of the Shontine and K'da refugees.
The lone survivor of the entire group is the dragonlike K'da. K'da must bond in their two dimensional tattoo like form with their hosts every six hours in order to survive, but the poet-warrior Draycos' host is dead so he bonds to a scavenging Jack. The K'da seeks to teach Jack about truth and honor as they set off clear Jack's name and find the betrayer of the refugees before all of Draycos' species are destroyed. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past Coming of age Yes Youngster becomes - an adult (general) Training/Apprent. Yes Adversaries are… - dragon buddy Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Descript. of chases or violence - 10 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - a teen Main Adversary Identity: - an entire race How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none Setting A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society Planet outside solar system? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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