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"Whilst investigating the cargo of his father's, merchant- ship, Corinthian, Thomas- Bowe-Hawkins is kidnapped by members of its crew, who take him to be a possible spy for the authorities of Mariner station. The Corinthian departs with its cargo, and shortly after its drop out of jump, Thomas is released from the Corinthian's brig to be confronted by the father has never met, the ship's captain, Austin Bowe, the man who in a drunken R & R session raped Thomas' mother, Marie Hawkins, as a teenager.
For all of Thomas' life Marie Hawkins has held a desire for revenge, her idea that the Corinthian's cargo is bound for the outlaw Conrad Mazzian and his followers the one that got him caught.
On finding out who he is, Austin Bowe puts Thomas to work as part of the crew on the journey to Pell station, and the drop-zone within the deep-space anomaly, Tripoint…
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Charles Smyth, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Coming of age
Yes
Political power play
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- trader
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- trader
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Terrain
- Space, need spacesuit
Spaceship setting:
- a space station
- futuristic human freighter/transport
- really, really giant spaceship/station
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to torture
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- quite a lot of techical jargon
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
How much dialogue?
- significantly more dialog than descript
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