| Jory Rusk was a 24 year old professional shockball player on Terra, until it is discovered that her mother was Jorenian and she is deported. (Her Terra is very xenophobic.) She goes to Joren, where her mother is from, and her welcome there is little warmer, until she meets the six other Clan Children of Honor, whose mothers were also raped on a transport and have been living in deplorable conditions on Joren. They all ship off for Blade Dancer school, where they will learn to be assassins and there they become a Clan. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Cultural problems, alien culture Yes Culture clash- - feelings of a human growing up among aliens Family relations Yes Descript. of chases or violence - 30 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 % Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's If magical mental powers: - super strength - is very quick - healing Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Has magical powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control - super strength - is very quick How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Terrain Spaceship setting: - alien spaceship A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens - unfriendly aliens - very controlled society Planet outside solar system? Yes Takes place in spaceship? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - weird alien sex - actual description of sex How much dialogue? - mostly dialog |
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