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Spaceships landed on various worlds and colonized them. When Earth again reopened flight to the star, a planet named Guera held a monopoly over interspace travel, for only they can avoid the danger of further mutation. Many other companies don't like Guera's monopoly and want to also be able to fly in space without a Gueran. A girl by the name of Jamisia lives on one of Earth's satellites, and when raiders comes to the satellite to capture her, she is forced to flee. She doesn't remember much about her past, but knows she has to find out. As she learns more, she realizes that as a child, she was operated on, making her a important person.
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%

Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - an adult (general)
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Given added abilities
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Intense exploration of society's culture? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain - Domed/Underground City
Spaceship setting: - a space station - futuristic human freighter/transport - really, really giant spaceship/station
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - humans in a contemporary society - big overbuilt futuristic city
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes
Not Earth, in Solar System? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of touching personal anatomy - licking
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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