History Literature / Parellity

''Parellity'' is a 2012 adventure novel by Brad Cole. The book is about a young man, Douglas Moreau, who finds himself transported from his apartment in the city to the planet of Parellity. After escaping from a group of marauders called the Corsairs and fighting a strange, alien creature, Doug is brought to the city of Harborage, the LastFertileRegion in a continent-spanning desert. After some convincing, Doug is persuaded to help protect the city from an impending attack by the Corsairs. As the battle draws nearer, it becomes apparent that greater forces are working their influence over the Corsairs, the people of Harborage, and Doug.

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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Corsairs.

* BadassBiker: The Corsairs.
** [[spoiler:Later on, Doug.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: While the Corsairs are defeated and pushed out of Harborage, the occupation of the CORE means that things are back to the way they were under Abend's rule.]]

* GunshipRescue: [[spoiler: The chapter is even called Big Damn Gunships]].

* SharpDressedMan: Mr. Hall and Mr. White.
* ShellShockSilence: Once during the battle of Harborage.

* TooDumbToLive: You'd think that the Corsairs would eventually stop trying to capture Independents alive, considering how many times they manage to escape.

** [[spoiler: Abend's personal guard]] also share similarities with a different kind of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Space Marine]].
** The final battle also reminds of [[Literature/TheTwoTowers the Battle of Helm's Deep]].
** Our protagonist steps through a mundane portal between our world, and a new and strange land. Are we talking Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia, or {{Literature/Parellity}}?

* GunshipRescue: [[spoiler: The chapter is even called [[OneOfUs Big Damn Gunships]]]].
* MoodWhiplash: [[OneOfUs Explicitly referred to]] just after the Kraid is killed, and Yon Yonson can be found almost oblivious to the recent danger.

** [[SlaughterhouseFive Yon Yonson's]] name.

** The final battle also reminds of [[TheTwoTowers the Battle of Helm's Deep]].

** "What do you think about naming our little pride and joy here [[AceCombat Mobius]]?"

[[http://www.amazon.com/Parellity-Bradley-Cole/dp/1478135107 Parellity]] is a 2012 adventure novel by Brad Cole. The book is about a young man, Douglas Moreau, who finds himself transported from his apartment in the city to the planet of Parellity. After escaping from a group of marauders called the Corsairs and fighting a strange, alien creature, Doug is brought to the city of Harborage, the LastFertileRegion in a continent-spanning desert. After some convincing, Doug is persuaded to help protect the city from an impending attack by the Corsairs. As the battle draws nearer, it becomes apparent that greater forces are working their influence over the Corsairs, the people of Harborage, and Doug.

** Our protagonist steps through a mundane portal between our world, and a new and strange land. Are we talking TheChroniclesOfNarnia, or {{Literature/Parellity}}?

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing we see of Archer is him [[spoiler:climbing up the side of a building, punching through one of the windows, and pulling a Corsair out to his death.]] {{Badass}} indeed.

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: While the Corsairs are defeated and pushed out of Harborage, the occupation of the CORE means that things are back to the way they were under Abend's rule.]]

! This book contains the following tropes:

** [[spoiler: Abend's personal guard]] also share similarities with a different kind of [[{{Warhammer40000}} Space Marine]].

** The Templars bear a striking resemblance to [[{{Halo}} Spartans]].

* {{Expy}}: What are you talking about, Valentich totally isn't [[{{Firefly}} Malcolm Reynolds]].
** Keeping up with the {{Firefly}} theming, Archer is Jayne, though much smarter and more loyal.

[[http://www.amazon.com/Parellity-Bradley-Cole/dp/1478135107 Parellity]] is a 2012 adventure novel by Brad Cole. The book is about a young man, Douglas Moreau, who finds himself transported from his apartment in the city to the planet of Parellity. After escaping from a gang of thugs called the Corsairs and fighting a strange, alien creature, Doug is brought to the city of Harborage, the LastFertileRegion in a continent-spanning desert. After some convincing, Doug is persuaded to help protect the city from an impending attack by the Corsairs. As the battle draws nearer, it becomes apparent that greater forces are working their influence over the Corsairs, the people of Harborage, and Doug.