| Cherijo Grey Veil surgeon extraordinaire and clone has made up with her husband Duncan for his apparent betrayal that kept them both alive on the slave planet Catopsa. Duncan and Cherijo promptly get kidnapped by Dr. Joseph Grey Veil -- Cherijo's dad-- and sent back to Terra, so she can be his lab rat again. Then they get kidnapped from Joe by what appear to be Navajos living traditionally underground who are in fact half-breed human and aliens and some disabled people led by a man who turns out to be Cherijo's brother/ clone. These people have a professional shockball team that Cherijo becomes doctor for and Reever plays on.
Fortunately, at the end of this book, Cherijo's monster “father” is apparently killed. (But I wouldn't put it past him for him to be as near immortal as he made Cherijo.) At the end Cherijo and Reever do make it back to the Sunlace, the starship that her relatively healthy alien adopted family fly. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Romance Yes Romance plotlets: - two lovers coping with tough mission Story involving clones/duplicates? - good clones/duplicates Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Clones Yes Family relations Yes Descript. of chases or violence - 30 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 % Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's If magical mental powers: - mind reading - healing Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 60's-90's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting Earth setting: - medium future 22-24th century Takes place on Earth? Yes Takes place in spaceship? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture scientific jargon? (SF only) - a significant amount of technical jargon Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - actual description of sex How much dialogue? - mostly dialog |
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