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This is a prequel to The Black Jewels Trilogy. Jared is being sold after killing a Queen, one of the worst offenses a Blood male is capable of. The Gray Lady buys him, as well as a few other slaves. Everyone is suspicious of her, because rumors about her have led them to believe that she will treat them worse than they've ever been treated before. Almost everyone in the group, including Jared and the Gray Lady, has secrets they don't want the others to know. The group does its best to stay ahead of the armed men sent to kill the Gray Lady, and they gradually learn some of each other's secrets. The Gray Lady is not as terrible as she seems, and Jared feels drawn to her without knowing quite why.
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%

FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Romance Yes
Repressive society story Yes
Repressive because: - kills without good reason
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - good magical powers being hunted by non/weaker magical(s) (fantasy)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's a slave/repressed? - humans are slaves of other humans

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - slave
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can cast many different spells
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - long-lived adults
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed

Setting
Terrain - Water - Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - very controlled society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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