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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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