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"A very interesting debut novel. The rotating first person is nearly all between two characters representing two different societal groups which land together to colonise a planet ('Salt').
The huge divide in views and opinions eventually lead to a war, for which neither side is totally at fault.
A good book about a war with an interesting political/society based edge."
Andrew Banks, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book
- depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- colonizing/homesteading another planet
Political power play
Yes
Political plotlets
- preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms
War or Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- guns
- air battles
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- engineer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
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
- Desert
- Mountains
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Style
Person?
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- some scientific explanation
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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