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''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' is a 1988 sci-fi novel by {{Creator/Glen Cook}}. An epic scale story is set in a galaxy spanning empire, commonly known as Canon Space. It has been several thousand years since humans defeated and subjugated all of the rival species in their part of the galaxy. Canon Law is enforced by the Guardships, giant sentient space vessels with an immortal crew of cloned soldiers. Guardships represent the pinnacle of human military, technical and scientific superiority, being the supreme, unchallenged power for millennia. No enemy can escape their harsh and swift judgement -- be it rebellious aliens or scheming trade barons of the Great Houses.
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''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' is a 1988 sci-fi novel by {{Creator/Glen Cook}}.Creator/GlenCook. An epic scale story is set in a galaxy spanning empire, commonly known as Canon Space. It has been several thousand years since humans defeated and subjugated all of the rival species in their part of the galaxy. Canon Law is enforced by the Guardships, giant sentient space vessels with an immortal crew of cloned soldiers. Guardships represent the pinnacle of human military, technical and scientific superiority, being the supreme, unchallenged power for millennia. No enemy can escape their harsh and swift judgement -- be it rebellious aliens or scheming trade barons of the Great Houses.
%%* ApocalypseCult: Outsiders worship a god named ''The Destroyer'', which may give a hint.
%%* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope, Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
%%* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great House politics.
%%* CloneAngst: Clones are widely used for ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up dying like animals. (ZCE because it doesn't explain the character angst)
%%* CoolStarship: Guardships. Doubling as SapientShip and sometimes also EldritchStarship.
* CrapsackWorld: Any Down Town on any inhabited planet is literally a hellhole, infested with all kinds of violent crime, deadly plagues and genetic anomalies.
%%* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed or incapacitated.
* {{Doppelganger}}: More than once, the aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
%%* TheEmpire: Canon Space is a typical example of this trope.
%%* FalseFlagOperation: Used by House Tregesser to attack VII Gemina.
%%* FourStarBadass: War Avocat Hanaver Strate. Also, Kez Maefale during his command of the Dire Radiant.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. Only strong individuals with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand.
%%* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope, Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
%%* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great House politics.
%%* CloneAngst: Clones are widely used for ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up dying like animals. (ZCE because it doesn't explain the character angst)
%%* CoolStarship: Guardships. Doubling as SapientShip and sometimes also EldritchStarship.
* CrapsackWorld: Any Down Town on any inhabited planet is literally a hellhole, infested with all kinds of violent crime, deadly plagues and genetic anomalies.
%%* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed or incapacitated.
* {{Doppelganger}}: More than once, the aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
%%* TheEmpire: Canon Space is a typical example of this trope.
%%* FalseFlagOperation: Used by House Tregesser to attack VII Gemina.
%%* FourStarBadass: War Avocat Hanaver Strate. Also, Kez Maefale during his command of the Dire Radiant.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. Only strong individuals with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand.
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* CoolStarship: Guardships. Doubling as SapientShip and sometimes also EldritchStarship.
* MileLongShip: More like hundred-mile-long ship.
* NoodleIncident: ''Enherrenraat affair'' - often mentioned by various characters but never quite explained.
* FalseFlagOperation: Used by House Tregesser to attack VII Gemina.
* TheEmpire: Canon Space is a typical example of this trope.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele, doubling as WarriorPoet
* MileLongShip: More like hundred-mile-long ship.
* NoodleIncident: ''Enherrenraat affair'' - often mentioned by various characters but never quite explained.
* FalseFlagOperation: Used by House Tregesser to attack VII Gemina.
* TheEmpire: Canon Space is a typical example of this trope.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele, doubling as WarriorPoet
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* CoolStarship: Guardships. Doubling LongLived: Ku's natural lifespan is measured in thousands of years.
%%* ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes this trope. As well asSapientShip Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and sometimes also EldritchStarship.
*lots of them. It's that kind of book.
%%* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since the novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans have long since forgotten their homeworld.
%%* MileLongShip: More like hundred-mile-long ship.
* %%* NoodleIncident: ''Enherrenraat affair'' - often mentioned by various characters but never quite explained.
* FalseFlagOperation: Used by House Tregesser to attack VII Gemina.
* TheEmpire: Canon Space is a typical example of this trope.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele, doubling as WarriorPoetexplained.
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%%* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since the novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans have long since forgotten their homeworld.
%%* MileLongShip: More like hundred-mile-long ship.
* FalseFlagOperation: Used by House Tregesser to attack VII Gemina.
* TheEmpire: Canon Space is a typical example of this trope.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele, doubling as WarriorPoet
%%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele, doubling as WarriorPoet.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any soldier of the Guardship fleet can be resurrected in a cloned body.
%%* LaResistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any soldier of the Guardship fleet can be resurrected in a cloned body.
%%* LaResistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
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* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Web Space is pretty much this trope. A plane of existence that defies all known laws of physics.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. Only strong individuals with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand..
* LongLived: Ku's natural lifespan is measured in thousands of years.
* LaResistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since the novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans have long since forgotten their homeworld.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a bio-construct artificially engineered for purely aesthetic purposes.
* CrapsackWorld: Any Down Town on any inhabited planet is literally a hellhole, infested with all kinds of violent crime, deadly plagues and genetic anomalies.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any soldier of the Guardship fleet can be resurrected in a cloned body.
* ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes this trope. As well as Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and lots of them. It's that kind of book.
* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up dying like animals.
* {{Doppelganger}}: More than once, the aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
* ApocalypseCult: Outsiders worship a god named ''The Destroyer'', which may give a hint.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great House politics.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope, Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: Hellspinners, guardships' most destructive weapons, along with the more traditional thermonuclear warheads. Needless to say, they are used frequently to a [[OrbitalBombardment great effect]].
* TheVamp: Valerena Tregesser.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed or incapacitated.
* WarIsHell: For guardship soldiers life is a non-stop combat operations interchanged with decades (or even centuries) of cryogenic sleep. They get used to it though.
* FourStarBadass: War Avocat Hanaver Strate. Also, Kez Maefale during his command of the Dire Radiant.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. Only strong individuals with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand..
* LongLived: Ku's natural lifespan is measured in thousands of years.
* LaResistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since the novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans have long since forgotten their homeworld.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a bio-construct artificially engineered for purely aesthetic purposes.
* CrapsackWorld: Any Down Town on any inhabited planet is literally a hellhole, infested with all kinds of violent crime, deadly plagues and genetic anomalies.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any soldier of the Guardship fleet can be resurrected in a cloned body.
* ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes this trope. As well as Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and lots of them. It's that kind of book.
* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up dying like animals.
* {{Doppelganger}}: More than once, the aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
* ApocalypseCult: Outsiders worship a god named ''The Destroyer'', which may give a hint.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great House politics.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope, Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: Hellspinners, guardships' most destructive weapons, along with the more traditional thermonuclear warheads. Needless to say, they are used frequently to a [[OrbitalBombardment great effect]].
* TheVamp: Valerena Tregesser.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed or incapacitated.
* WarIsHell: For guardship soldiers life is a non-stop combat operations interchanged with decades (or even centuries) of cryogenic sleep. They get used to it though.
* FourStarBadass: War Avocat Hanaver Strate. Also, Kez Maefale during his command of the Dire Radiant.
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%%* TheVamp: Valerena Tregesser.
* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Web Space ispretty much this trope. A a plane of existence that defies all known laws of physics.
*GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. Only strong individuals WarIsHell: For guardship soldiers, life is a non-stop combat operations interchanged with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand..decades (or even centuries) of cryogenic sleep. They get used to it, though.
* LongLived: Ku's natural lifespan is measured in thousands of years.
* LaResistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since the novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans have long since forgotten their homeworld.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a bio-construct artificially engineered for purely aesthetic purposes.
* CrapsackWorld: Any Down Town on any inhabited planet is literally a hellhole, infested with all kinds of violent crime, deadly plagues and genetic anomalies.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any soldier of the Guardship fleet can be resurrected in a cloned body.
* ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes this trope. As well as Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and lots of them. It's that kind of book.
* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up dying like animals.
* {{Doppelganger}}: More than once, the aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
* ApocalypseCult: Outsiders worship a god named ''The Destroyer'', which may give a hint.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great House politics.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope, Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
*%%* WeaponOfMassDestruction: Hellspinners, guardships' most destructive weapons, along with the more traditional thermonuclear warheads. Needless to say, they are used frequently to a [[OrbitalBombardment great effect]].
* TheVamp: Valerena Tregesser.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed or incapacitated.
* WarIsHell: For guardship soldiers life is%%* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a non-stop combat operations interchanged with decades (or even centuries) of cryogenic sleep. They get used to it though.
* FourStarBadass: War Avocat Hanaver Strate. Also, Kez Maefale during his command of the Dire Radiant.
bio-construct artificially engineered for purely aesthetic purposes.
* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Web Space is
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* LaResistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since the novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans have long since forgotten their homeworld.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a bio-construct artificially engineered for purely aesthetic purposes.
* CrapsackWorld: Any Down Town on any inhabited planet is literally a hellhole, infested with all kinds of violent crime, deadly plagues and genetic anomalies.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any soldier of the Guardship fleet can be resurrected in a cloned body.
* ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes this trope. As well as Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and lots of them. It's that kind of book.
* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up dying like animals.
* {{Doppelganger}}: More than once, the aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
* ApocalypseCult: Outsiders worship a god named ''The Destroyer'', which may give a hint.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great House politics.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope, Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed or incapacitated.
* WarIsHell: For guardship soldiers life is
* FourStarBadass: War Avocat Hanaver Strate. Also, Kez Maefale during his command of the Dire Radiant.
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* MagnificentBastard and ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes these tropes. As well as Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and lots of them. It's that kind of book.
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* MagnificentBastard and ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes these tropes.this trope. As well as Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and lots of them. It's that kind of book.
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And [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a great number of other]] humans, aliens, AIs and artificial biological constructs, involved in a [[TheEpic series of dramatic events]] that may reshape the face of the entire galaxy.
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And [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a great number of other]] other humans, aliens, AIs and artificial biological constructs, involved in a [[TheEpic series of dramatic events]] that may reshape the face of the entire galaxy.
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* WeaponofMassDestruction: Hellspinners, guardships' most destructive weapons, along with the more traditional thermonuclear warheads. Needless to say, they are used frequently to a [[OrbitalBombardment great effect]].
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* WeaponofMassDestruction: WeaponOfMassDestruction: Hellspinners, guardships' most destructive weapons, along with the more traditional thermonuclear warheads. Needless to say, they are used frequently to a [[OrbitalBombardment great effect]].
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* SpaceRomans: Human empire, the Canon Space, is heavily based upon the Roman Empire at the height of its power. Lampshaded by the fact that all Guardships are named after the Roman legions.
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* SpaceRomans: Human empire, the Canon Space, is heavily based upon the Roman Empire at the height of its power. Lampshaded by the fact that all Guardships are named after the Roman legions.
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* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up DyingLikeAnimals.
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* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up DyingLikeAnimals.dying like animals.
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->''"The Guardships don't defend Canon, they exterminate Canon's enemies. There's a difference."''
-->-- '''Jo Klass''' spells it out
-->-- '''Jo Klass''' spells it out
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''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' is a 1988 sci-fi novel by {{Creator/Glen Cook}}. An epic scale story is set in a galaxy spanning empire, commonly known as Canon Space. It has been several thousand years since humans defeated and subjugated all of the rival species in their part of the galaxy. Canon Law is enforced by the Guardships, giant sentient space vessels with an immortal crew of cloned soldiers. Guardships represent the pinnacle of human military, technical and scientific superiority, being the supreme, unchallenged power for millenia. No enemy can escape their harsh and swift judgement - be it rebellious aliens or scheming trade barons of the Great Houses.
A plot perspective switches between various characters, including:
A plot perspective switches between various characters, including:
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''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' is a 1988 sci-fi novel by {{Creator/Glen Cook}}. An epic scale story is set in a galaxy spanning empire, commonly known as Canon Space. It has been several thousand years since humans defeated and subjugated all of the rival species in their part of the galaxy. Canon Law is enforced by the Guardships, giant sentient space vessels with an immortal crew of cloned soldiers. Guardships represent the pinnacle of human military, technical and scientific superiority, being the supreme, unchallenged power for millenia. millennia. No enemy can escape their harsh and swift judgement - -- be it rebellious aliens or scheming trade barons of the Great Houses.
A The plot perspective switches between various characters, including:
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* Jo Klass, sergeant from ''VII Gemina's'' planet assault force;
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* Jo Klass, sergeant from ''VII Gemina's'' Gemina''[='s=] planet assault force;
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* HumansAreWarriors: It is never elaborated, if humans managed to become the dominant species in the galaxy due to their natural warlike qualities or simply due to blind luck. Either way, they ended up conquering every single alien race in the known space.
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* HumansAreWarriors: It is never elaborated, if explained whether humans managed to become the dominant species in the galaxy due to their natural warlike qualities or simply due to blind luck. Either way, they ended up conquering every single alien race in the known space.
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* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Web Space is pretty much this trope. A plane of existance that defies all known laws of physics.
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* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Web Space is pretty much this trope. A plane of existance existence that defies all known laws of physics.
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* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans long since forgotten their homeworld.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a bio-construct artificially-engineered for purely aesthetic purposes.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a bio-construct artificially-engineered for purely aesthetic purposes.
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* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since the novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans have long since forgotten their homeworld.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a bio-constructartificially-engineered artificially engineered for purely aesthetic purposes.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, a bio-construct
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* Doppelganger: More than once, aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
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* Doppelganger: {{Doppelganger}}: More than once, the aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great Houses politics.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope. Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope. Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great Houses House politics.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of thistrope. trope, Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this
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''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' is a 1988 sci-fi novel by {{Creator/Glen Cook}}. An epic scale story is set in a galaxy spanning empire, commonly known as Canon Space. It has been several thousand years since humans defeated and subjugated all of the rival species in their part of the galaxy. Canon Law is enforced by the Guardships, giant sentient space vessels with an immortal crew of cloned soldiers. Guardships represent the pinnacle of human military, technical and scientific superiority, being the supreme, unchallenged power for millenia. No enemy can escape their harsh and swift judgement - be it rebellious aliens or scheming trade barons of the Great Houses.
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* CompleteMonster: Outsiders are this trope. Their religion/culture is brutal and repugnant even by Canon standarts.
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[[caption-width-right:308:some caption text]] ''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' is a 1988 sci-fi novel by {{Creator/Glen Cook}}. An epic scale story is set in a galaxy spanning empire, commonly known as Canon Space. It's It has been several thousand years since humans defeated and subjugated all of the rival species in their part of the galaxy. Canon Law is enforced by the Guardships, giant sentient space vessels with an immortal crew of cloned soldiers. Guardships represent the pinnacle of human military, technical and scientific superiority, being the sole, supreme, unchallenged power for millenia. No enemy can escape their harsh and swift judgement - be it rebellious aliens or scheming trade barons of the Great Houses.
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* NoodleIncident: ''Enherrenraat affair'' - often mentioned by various characters but never quite explained.
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele.
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele.Maefele, doubling as WarriorPoet
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* GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. There are only strong individuals with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand..
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* GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. There are only Only strong individuals with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand..
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* La Résistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
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* La Résistance: LaResistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
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* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, an artificially-engineered construct.
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* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for [=ResurrectiveImmortality=] by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up [=dying like animals=].
* Doppelgänger. More than once, aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
* Doppelgänger. More than once, aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
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* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for [=ResurrectiveImmortality=] ResurrectiveImmortality by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up [=dying like animals=].DyingLikeAnimals.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed.destroyed or incapacitated.
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[[caption-width-right:308:some caption text]] ''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' is a 1988 sci-fi novel by {{Creator/Glen Cook}}. An epic scale story is set in a galaxy spanning empire, commonly known as Canon Space. It's been several thousand years since humans defeated and subjugated all of the rival species in their part of the galaxy. Canon Law is enforced by the Guardships, giant sentient space vessels with an immortal crew of cloned soldiers. Guardships represent the pinnacle of human military, technical and scientific superiority, being the sole, supreme, unchallenged power for millenia. No enemy can escape their harsh and swift judgement - be it rebellious aliens or scheming trade barons of the Great Houses.
A plot perspective switches between various characters, including:
* Simon, Valerena and Blessed Tregesser - the ruling family of a Tregesser House;
* Lupo Provik, Simon's right-hand man and security advisor of the House;
* Hanaver Strate, commanding officer of a ''VII Gemina'' guardship;
* Jo Klass, sergeant from ''VII Gemina's'' planet assault force;
* Kez Maefele, one of the few remaining aliens of an ancient Ku race - the most formidable enemy the Guardships have ever encountered;
And [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a great number of other]] humans, aliens, AIs and artificial biological constructs, involved in a [[TheEpic series of dramatic events]] that may reshape the face of the entire galaxy.
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!! This book provides examples of:
* SpaceRomans: Human empire, the Canon Space, is heavily based upon the Roman Empire at the height of its power. Lampshaded by the fact that all Guardships are named after the Roman legions.
* HumansAreWarriors: It is never elaborated, if humans managed to become the dominant species in the galaxy due to their natural warlike qualities or simply due to blind luck. Either way, they ended up conquering every single alien race in the known space.
* CoolStarship: Guardships. Doubling as SapientShip and sometimes also EldritchStarship.
* MileLongShip: More like hundred-mile-long ship.
* FalseFlagOperation: Used by House Tregesser to attack VII Gemina.
* TheEmpire: Canon Space is a typical example of this trope.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele.
* PortalNetwork: The Web is an unexplainable phenomenon - a network of hyperspace "threads" that allows starships to cover thousands of light years in mere hours or days.
* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Web Space is pretty much this trope. A plane of existance that defies all known laws of physics.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. There are only strong individuals with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand..
* LongLived: Ku's natural lifespan is measured in thousands of years.
* La Résistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans long since forgotten their homeworld.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, an artificially-engineered construct.
* CrapsackWorld: Any Down Town on any inhabited planet is literally a hellhole, infested with all kinds of violent crime, deadly plagues and genetic anomalies.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any soldier of the Guardship fleet can be resurrected in a cloned body.
* MagnificentBastard and ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes these tropes. As well as Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and lots of them. It's that kind of book.
* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for [=ResurrectiveImmortality=] by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up [=dying like animals=].
* Doppelgänger. More than once, aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
* CompleteMonster: Outsiders are this trope. Their religion/culture is brutal and repugnant even by Canon standarts.
* ApocalypseCult: Outsiders worship a god named ''The Destroyer'', which may give a hint.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great Houses politics.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope. Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
* WeaponofMassDestruction: Hellspinners, guardships' most destructive weapons, along with the more traditional thermonuclear warheads. Needless to say, they are used frequently to a [[OrbitalBombardment great effect]].
* TheVamp: Valerena Tregesser.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed.
* WarIsHell: For guardship soldiers life is a non-stop combat operations interchanged with decades (or even centuries) of cryogenic sleep. They get used to it though.
* FourStarBadass: War Avocat Hanaver Strate. Also, Kez Maefale during his command of the Dire Radiant.
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[[caption-width-right:308:some caption text]] ''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' is a 1988 sci-fi novel by {{Creator/Glen Cook}}. An epic scale story is set in a galaxy spanning empire, commonly known as Canon Space. It's been several thousand years since humans defeated and subjugated all of the rival species in their part of the galaxy. Canon Law is enforced by the Guardships, giant sentient space vessels with an immortal crew of cloned soldiers. Guardships represent the pinnacle of human military, technical and scientific superiority, being the sole, supreme, unchallenged power for millenia. No enemy can escape their harsh and swift judgement - be it rebellious aliens or scheming trade barons of the Great Houses.
A plot perspective switches between various characters, including:
* Simon, Valerena and Blessed Tregesser - the ruling family of a Tregesser House;
* Lupo Provik, Simon's right-hand man and security advisor of the House;
* Hanaver Strate, commanding officer of a ''VII Gemina'' guardship;
* Jo Klass, sergeant from ''VII Gemina's'' planet assault force;
* Kez Maefele, one of the few remaining aliens of an ancient Ku race - the most formidable enemy the Guardships have ever encountered;
And [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a great number of other]] humans, aliens, AIs and artificial biological constructs, involved in a [[TheEpic series of dramatic events]] that may reshape the face of the entire galaxy.
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!! This book provides examples of:
* SpaceRomans: Human empire, the Canon Space, is heavily based upon the Roman Empire at the height of its power. Lampshaded by the fact that all Guardships are named after the Roman legions.
* HumansAreWarriors: It is never elaborated, if humans managed to become the dominant species in the galaxy due to their natural warlike qualities or simply due to blind luck. Either way, they ended up conquering every single alien race in the known space.
* CoolStarship: Guardships. Doubling as SapientShip and sometimes also EldritchStarship.
* MileLongShip: More like hundred-mile-long ship.
* FalseFlagOperation: Used by House Tregesser to attack VII Gemina.
* TheEmpire: Canon Space is a typical example of this trope.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kez Maefele.
* PortalNetwork: The Web is an unexplainable phenomenon - a network of hyperspace "threads" that allows starships to cover thousands of light years in mere hours or days.
* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Web Space is pretty much this trope. A plane of existance that defies all known laws of physics.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: There's no good and evil. There are only strong individuals with conflicting interests and cosmic forces no man can understand..
* LongLived: Ku's natural lifespan is measured in thousands of years.
* La Résistance: Dire Radiant during the Ku Wars. Didn't do them any good though.
* MeltingPotNomenclature: Justified, since novel's plot is set in such a distant future that humans long since forgotten their homeworld.
* WingedHumanoid: Lady Midnight, an artificially-engineered construct.
* CrapsackWorld: Any Down Town on any inhabited planet is literally a hellhole, infested with all kinds of violent crime, deadly plagues and genetic anomalies.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Any soldier of the Guardship fleet can be resurrected in a cloned body.
* MagnificentBastard and ManipulativeBastard: Lupo Provik epitomizes these tropes. As well as Cable Shyke. And Blessed Tregesser. And Kez Maefale. Lots and lots of them. It's that kind of book.
* CloningBlues: Clones are widely used for [=ResurrectiveImmortality=] by both the Guardship command and some of the Great Houses. They are very expendable and often end up [=dying like animals=].
* Doppelgänger. More than once, aforementioned clones, driven by survival instinct, try to supplant their original versions. Sometimes they succeed.
* CompleteMonster: Outsiders are this trope. Their religion/culture is brutal and repugnant even by Canon standarts.
* ApocalypseCult: Outsiders worship a god named ''The Destroyer'', which may give a hint.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This is the essence of Great Houses politics.
* BatmanGambit: Many characters are very fond of this trope. Lupo Provik and Kez Maefele being the most notable examples.
* WeaponofMassDestruction: Hellspinners, guardships' most destructive weapons, along with the more traditional thermonuclear warheads. Needless to say, they are used frequently to a [[OrbitalBombardment great effect]].
* TheVamp: Valerena Tregesser.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: This is the most common reaction in any (rare) instance when the Guardship is destroyed.
* WarIsHell: For guardship soldiers life is a non-stop combat operations interchanged with decades (or even centuries) of cryogenic sleep. They get used to it though.
* FourStarBadass: War Avocat Hanaver Strate. Also, Kez Maefale during his command of the Dire Radiant.
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