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"About ten years have passed since Earth was conquered by the Tsorians, a militaristic alien race. The Tsorians use Earth as a military base from which to defend their empire against the Hykzoi. Jason, a teenager, despises his mother for collaborating with the Tsorians in her job at the aliens' Earth headquarters. He especially resents her apparent closeness with the Tsorian commander. But then Jason discovers that his mother is secretly a Resister—and that she and her colleagues plan to kidnap the Tsorian Commander and ransom him in return for their demands.
Aryl is the adolescent daughter of the Tsorian fleet Commander stationed on Earth. She is homesick and uncomfortable around the primitive humans who seem to either fear or despise her. Even worse, the Tsorian governor over Earth does not approve of her father's friendliness toward the humans—a sentiment Aryl agrees with when it comes to Jason Sikes, the son of one of the headquarters' human employees.
But when the Tsorian governor refuses to adhere to the Resisters' demands and a Hykzoi invasion begins, both Aryl and Jason are forced to work together to rescue Aryl's father and Jason's mother. The two track down the Commander's whereabouts, dodging anti-Tsorian humans and Hykzoi soldiers alike in order to rescue their parents and send Tsorian forces vital information about the Hykzoi invasion. Gradually, Jason and Aryl learn to work together and find out that they and their species may be more similar than first assumed.
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Ursawolf, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%
Tone of book
- depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Coming of age
Yes
Youngster becomes
- an adult (general)
Spying & Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- rescue mission/escape from confinement
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Kid's book (ages 7-14)
Family relations
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
Which planet?
- Mars
Earth setting:
- near future (later in 21st century)
Spaceship setting:
- alien spaceship
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Not Earth, in Solar System?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
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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