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2 | ''Darkship Thieves'' and its sequel ''Darkship Renegades'' are ScienceFiction novels by Creator/SarahAHoyt. Set in a solar system after a massive revolt against genetically engineered Mules who ruled the Earth, it features Thena, the daughter of one of the ruling Good Men, who finds herself accidentally in a ship from Eden, where some refugees from the revolt have lived for generations. Kit, its captain, saves her but insists on bringing her back, for safety. |
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4 | ''A Few Good Men'' is set in the same universe and is affected by the same events. |
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6 | !!Tropes included: |
7 | * AfterActionHealingDrama: Thena has to rush Kit to the doctor after Joseph tries to kill him. |
8 | * ArrangedMarriage: Thena anticipiates this. |
9 | * CommonalityConnection: Kit and Thena bond a bit over their common dealings with bureaucrats. |
10 | * DamselInDistress: Thena in the opening |
11 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Kit's first wife died in a situation that made it look like he murdered her, and he won't clear his name. |
12 | * DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: At one point bad enough to make Thena think her eyes are hurt. |
13 | * DistressedDude: Kit, after his HeroicSacrifice |
14 | * DrivenToSuicide: Kit is thinking of killing himself after MercyKilling Thena. |
15 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: Thena's father never thinks of Kit's hostage value. |
16 | * FallenPrincess: Thena |
17 | * HeroicSacrifice: Kit is willing to be taken captive to save Thena. |
18 | * IronicName: The "Good Men" who rule Earth... aren't. LampShaded by the title of ''A Few Good Men''. |
19 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Thena's father. More and more clearly as the book progresses. |
20 | * JustTheFirstCitizen: Earth is ruled by "Good Men". |
21 | * KingInTheMountain: Thena observes that her welcome back to the lair was like this. |
22 | * MatterOfLifeAndDeath: Thena reflects on how eliminating the mentally ill was probably this, once. |
23 | * MeaningfulRename: Kit [[spoiler:insists on it when they marry.]] |
24 | * TheMutiny: What sends her to flee her father's ship. [[spoiler: She thinks.]] |
25 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: No one's ever brought back an Earthworm -- err, Earther. A bureaucrat refuses landing permission on that ground. |
26 | * SpeciesLoyalty: Thena's father accuses her of lacking this. |
27 | * TalkingInYourSleep: Kit is prone ot this. |
28 | * TryAndFollow: How she ended up escaping the original attack |
29 | * XanatosSpeedChess: Thena observes that she always has a Plan B, and often a Plan C, and all too frequently she has to resort to Plan F. |
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