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** Keeping up with the {{Firefly}} theming, Archer is Jayne, though much smarter and more loyal.
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* NervesOfSteel: Part of Doug's character development is getting over his fear and adrenaline.
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* {{Mooks}}: Individual Corsairs, though hardly weak, as it takes most of Doug's strength to take down just a couple.
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* MortalWoundReveal: [[spoiler: To Doug, just after the last Corsair buggy is set on fire]].
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* SharpDressedMan: Mr. Hall and Mr. White.
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* ShellShockSilence: Once during the battle of Harborage.
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* GunshipRescue: [[spoiler: The chapter is even called [[OneOfUs Big Damn Gunships]]]].
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* MoodWhiplash: [[OneOfUs Explicitly referred to]] just after the Kraid is killed, and Yon Yonson can be found almost oblivious to the recent danger.
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'''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.

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'''Parellity''' [[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.
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* {{Expy}}: What are you talking about, Valentich totally isn't [[{{Firefly}} Malcolm Reynolds]].
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** Our protagonist steps through a mundane portal between our world, and a new and strange land. Are we talking TheChroniclesOfNarnia, or {{Parellity}}?

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** Our protagonist steps through a mundane portal between our world, and a new and strange land. Are we talking TheChroniclesOfNarnia, or {{Parellity}}?{{Literature/Parellity}}?
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** [[spoiler: Abend's personal guard]] also share similarities with a different kind of [[{{Warhammer40000}} Space Marine]].
** The final battle also reminds of [[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 TheChroniclesOfNarnia, or {{Parellity}}?
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* ShoutOut: So many.
** [[SlaughterhouseFive Yon Yonson's]] name.
** "What do you think about naming our little pride and joy here [[AceCombat Mobius]]?"
** The Templars bear a striking resemblance to [[{{Halo}} Spartans]].
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** Yon Yonson: Completely oblivious to the danger he's in, like always.

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** Yon Yonson: Completely oblivious to the danger he's in, like always.always.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Mr. Hall and Mr. White, the mysterious men who continuously contact Doug.
* TooDumbToLive: You'd think that the Corsairs would eventually stop trying to capture Independents alive, considering how many times they manage to escape.

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* 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.

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* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler:Archer]] is introduced this way, along with a dose of...
** SuperWindowJump: ...and a bit of...
*** DestinationDefenestration: ...and it's as cool as it sounds.
* 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.indeed.
** When we meet Valentich, he's yelling and snarking at a group of incompetent recruits.
** Yon Yonson: Completely oblivious to the danger he's in, like always.
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** [[spoiler:The CORE does this to most of the invading Corsair army.]]

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** [[spoiler:The CORE does this to most of the invading Corsair army.]]]]
* 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.
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* [[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.]]

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Kraid shotgun, while powerful enough to blow a hole through a Corsair bike, uses ammo not found anywhere on Atrea and so is discarded shortly after it's use.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Kraid shotgun, while powerful enough to blow a hole through a Corsair bike, uses ammo not found anywhere on Atrea and so is discarded shortly after it's use.its use.
* BadassBiker: The Corsairs.
** [[spoiler:Later on, Doug.]]
* CurbStompBattle: In the time it takes Doug to beat down one Corsair, [[spoiler:Archer kills or knocks out over ten. Without breaking a sweat.]]
** [[spoiler:The CORE does this to most of the invading Corsair army.]]
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Kraid shotgun, while powerful enough to blow a hole through a Corsair bike, uses ammo not found anywhere on Atrea and so is discarded shortly after it's use.

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* AlienSky: Parellity has some weird skies. Purple sky rather than blue, three moons, and a two suns, one red giant and one blue dwarf.

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*AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Corsairs.
* AlienSky: Parellity has some weird skies. Purple sky rather than blue, three moons, and a two suns, one a red giant and one a blue dwarf.
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'''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 another planet. 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.

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'''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 another planet.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.



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* AlienSkyAlienSky: Parellity has some weird skies. Purple sky rather than blue, three moons, and a two suns, one red giant and one blue dwarf.
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'''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 another planet. 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.

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'''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 another planet. 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.Doug.

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'''Parellity''' is a 2012 adventure novel by Brad Cole. The book is about a young man who finds himself transported from his apartment in the city to another planet. 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.

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'''Parellity''' is a 2012 adventure novel by Brad Cole. The book is about a young man man, Douglas Moreau, who finds himself transported from his apartment in the city to another planet. 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.
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'''Parellity''' is a 2012 adventure novel by Brad Cole. The book is about a young man who finds himself transported from his apartment in the city to another planet. After escaping from a gang of thugs called the [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Corsairs]],

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'''Parellity''' is a 2012 adventure novel by Brad Cole. The book is about a young man who finds himself transported from his apartment in the city to another planet. After escaping from a gang of thugs called the [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Corsairs]],Corsairs and fighting a strange, alien creature, Doug is brought to the city of Harborage, the LastFertileRegion in a continent-spanning desert.

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'''Parellity''' is a 2012 adventure novel.

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\n'''Parellity''' is a 2012 adventure novel.novel by Brad Cole. The book is about a young man who finds himself transported from his apartment in the city to another planet. After escaping from a gang of thugs called the [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Corsairs]],
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'''Parellity''' is a 2012 adventure novel.

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