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| Plot Summary of Beneath the Shattered Moons |
"In a world created by Neo-humans (Parfects) to test experimental societies, Ingram Marley, an investigator for the government of Ongladred, seeks answers to disturbing questions about the world. He encounters a man who seems to have escaped 'programming' and learns compassion for an emotionless society. Add in a 'Theater of the Dead', an invading barbarian horde, and a legendary biological-apocalypse being and you have a nicely rounded sci-fi novel with a bit of a morbid atmosphere."
Shane Tiernan, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Beneath the Shattered Moons |
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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- colonizing/homesteading another planet
Repressive society story
Yes
Repressive because:
- controls your mind
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV:
- fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- search for identity/new understanding
War or Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- hand to hand
- guns
- lasers
- ocean ship battles
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture
Yes
Culture clash-
- one culture tries to impose its culture on another group
- one human from different culture of other humans
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- government investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
Setting
Terrain
- Water
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- very controlled society
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a fair amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book?
Yes
How much dialogue?
- significantly more descript than dialog
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