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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:The original digital copy of Lokner]] is trapped forever in a small, simulated office, making [[ICannotSelfTerminate repeated suicide attempts]] and slowly losing his mind until the last data systems on Earth finally stop working.
* BadassLongcoat: Archaidae wears a tan duster and a cowboy hat, as shown in the cover art, during his attack on [[spoiler:the Reno NATU headquarters]].
* EnfantTerrible: 88 has no qualms about killing people if it serves her purposes. By the end of the book, her body count is in the thousands at least.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:After he's scanned, Mark Lokner has a mirror made of himself so that if he's found out, he can let the mirror be captured. Once the mirror realizes that he's a copy, he has the original killed instead.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:After he's scanned, Mark Lokner has a mirror made of himself so that if he's found out, he can let the mirror be captured. Once the mirror realizes that he's a copy, he has turns against the original killed instead.original.]]
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* ChildSoldiers: Some of the scanned assassins are less than nine years old.
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* HumanShield: While breaking into the Reno NATU building, Archaeidae grabs a man who's hiding under his desk and uses him as a shield. He kills the shield as soon as he reaches the stairwell.
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* ManlyTears: Griffin cries when he finds out that [[spoiler:Nadia was likely scanned after her death]].
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:After he's scanned, Mark Lokner has a mirror made of himself so that if he's found out, he can let the mirror be captured. Once the mirror realizes that he's a copy, he has the original killed instead.]]
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* TinMan: Abdul laments that he isn't allowed to feel the same range of emotion he did before he was scanned.
* TranquilFury: The scans working under Riina know that he seems calmest when he's furious.
* TurnInYourBadge: Griffin's boss Phil tries to fire him for screwing up a series of raids and then drawing his gun in a lobby. Griffin ignores him and keeps trying to take down Lokner.
* TranquilFury: The scans working under Riina know that he seems calmest when he's furious.
* TurnInYourBadge: Griffin's boss Phil tries to fire him for screwing up a series of raids and then drawing his gun in a lobby. Griffin ignores him and keeps trying to take down Lokner.
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* BigGuyRodeo: One woman tries to kill Archaeidae by jumping on his back and attaching a grenade to him, killing her and damaging his chassis.
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* ThereWasADoor: When Archaeidae comes across a metal door that he can't quickly punch through, he smashes through the concrete next to it instead.
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* BridalCarry: Abdul carries Riina like this when he captures him.
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* BridalCarry: Abdul carries the mob boss Riina like this when he captures him.him.
* CessationOfExistence: 88 kills [[spoiler:Riina]] by short-circuiting his synaptic relays while he's in VR, causing brain death.
* CessationOfExistence: 88 kills [[spoiler:Riina]] by short-circuiting his synaptic relays while he's in VR, causing brain death.
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* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Nadia, after she's shot and falls out of a helicopter.]]
* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: When Griffin interrogates Riina in virtual reality, he has the person running the reality turn up Riina's perceptions so high that he can't even move without feeling like his clothes are scraping his skin off, then turn off his ability to pass out, dissociate, try to escape, or even have facial expressions. Then he threatens to grab Riina's hand and squeeze as hard as he can. Riina quickly tells him everything he wants to know.
* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: When Griffin interrogates Riina in virtual reality, he has the person running the reality turn up Riina's perceptions so high that he can't even move without feeling like his clothes are scraping his skin off, then turn off his ability to pass out, dissociate, try to escape, or even have facial expressions. Then he threatens to grab Riina's hand and squeeze as hard as he can. Riina quickly tells him everything he wants to know.
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* BridalCarry: Abdul carries Riina like this when he captures him.
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Meanwhile 88, the scanned brain of a crèche-raised autistic savant, runs the South American Mafia's business interests. But she wants freedom, so she joins forces with the 14-year-old scan Archaidae, the deadliest assassin in the world.
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Meanwhile 88, the scanned brain of a crèche-raised autistic savant, runs the South American Mafia's business interests. But she wants freedom, so she joins forces with the 14-year-old scan Archaidae, Archaeidae, the deadliest assassin in the world.
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* FullFrontalAssault: Archaidae attacks Griffin and Nadia's hotel room after they have sex, so Nadia is naked while she fights back. Archaidae finds this distracting enough to give them the upper hand.
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* FullFrontalAssault: Archaidae Archaeidae attacks Griffin and Nadia's hotel room after they have sex, so Nadia is naked while she fights back. Archaidae Archaeidae finds this distracting enough to give them the upper hand.
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* ItGetsEasier: Archaidae had nightmares over his first kills, but now he is "pure of thought and action."
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* {{Kneecapping}}: Archaidae shatters Griffin's kneecap in an assassination attempt.
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* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: Griffin is severely injured by Archaidae, and doctors tell him he needs weeks of rest and rehab. He ignores them and leaves the hospital as soon as he can walk.
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* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: Griffin is severely injured by Archaidae, Archaeidae, and doctors tell him he needs weeks of rest and rehab. He ignores them and leaves the hospital as soon as he can walk.
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* TheCityNarrows: 88 lives on a computer in the basement of a shack in a Costa Rican slum ridden with crime and violence.
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* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Abdul plays ''Ride of the Valkyries'' from speakers built into his chassis.
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* MobWar: [[spoiler:88 deliberately starts one by launching drone attacks against different members of the Mafia, complete with recorded messages saying they're revenge for different murders. The resulting war wipes out almost everyone who could know of 88's existence.]]
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* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: Griffin is severely injured by Archaidae, and doctors tell him he needs weeks of rest and rehab. He ignores them and leaves the hospital as soon as he can walk.
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* ChildSoldier: Some of the people installed in combat chassis were less than twelve years old when they were scanned.
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* ChildSoldier: Some of ArtificialMeat: Implied - the people installed menu at a restaurant puts "egg" in quotes, leading a character to wonder if they're real eggs.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The scans in combat chassis get to choose their own names; since many of them wereless than twelve years old teenagers [[ChildSoldier or even younger]] when they were scanned.scanned, they tend to pick names like [=SwampJack=] and Androctonus.
* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:Francesco]] coughs a mouthful of blood after he's cut in half.
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* HollywoodHacking: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by 88 when she pretends the computer she's hosted on is about to crash. She watches movies to find out what people expect from a failing computer, then says "Cascade failure. Total systems loss imminent."
* IJustWantToBeLoved: 88 is desperate to track down her mother, who was the only person who ever loved her.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: 88 is desperate to track down her mother, who was the only person who ever loved her.
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* FakingTheDead: When CorruptCorporateExecutive Mark Lokner is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he tells the world that he plans to die in peace, but he really has himself scanned so he can continue to run his business empire in secret.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mark Lokner is horrified to watch footage of people he had scanned against their wills, as he hadn't realized how gruesome the scanning process actually was.
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* UnableToCry: Abdul's chassis can't produce tears, leaving him with no release for his grief.
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* YourHeadAsplode: During Griffin's second raid, the captain and many soldiers die from being shot in their supposedly bulletproof helmets.
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* NerdsAreSexy: While reminiscing about the time before he was scanned, Abdul remembers a girl in his role-playing group and thinks ''Is there anything sexier than nerd chicks?''
* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Griffin started to go grey when he was sixteen.
* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Griffin started to go grey when he was sixteen.
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* DesignerBabies: It's common for crèche-raised kids to have genetic modifications that make them better suited to whatever task their scanned brains will be used for. For example, kids meant to be installed in combat chassis are programmed for violence and warrior tribe ethics, while 88 has "chemically/hormonally induced Asperger's."
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* SelfDuplication: 88 creates a set of lower-quality mirrors of herself to do her work for her while she does her own research.
* SensoryOverload: 88's master tortures her for disobedience by pressing a button that causes her to experience painfully bright colors and loud sounds.
* SensoryOverload: 88's master tortures her for disobedience by pressing a button that causes her to experience painfully bright colors and loud sounds.
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In the year 2046, the only processor powerful enough to control the latest technology is the human brain. [[BrainUploading Brain scans]] run almost everything. But because the scanning process destroys the organic body, most people are unwilling to undergo the procedure, and so demand for brain scans far exceeds supply. A thriving black market forms, with children abducted or bred to be raised in crèches until they can be scanned and sold.
Griffin Dickinson, a 20-year-old junior investigations agent, is ordered to find and close the crèches. His heavy weapons support is Abdul, a 17-year-old brain scan in a combat chassis. He is helped by IntrepidReporter Nadia, who is investigating child kidnappings.
88, the scanned brain of a crèche-raised autistic savant, runs the South American Mafia' business interests. But she wants freedom, so she joins forces with the 14-year-old scan Archaidae, the deadliest assassin in the world.
Griffin Dickinson, a 20-year-old junior investigations agent, is ordered to find and close the crèches. His heavy weapons support is Abdul, a 17-year-old brain scan in a combat chassis. He is helped by IntrepidReporter Nadia, who is investigating child kidnappings.
88, the scanned brain of a crèche-raised autistic savant, runs the South American Mafia' business interests. But she wants freedom, so she joins forces with the 14-year-old scan Archaidae, the deadliest assassin in the world.
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In the year 2046, the only processor powerful enough to control the latest technology is the human brain. [[BrainUploading Brain scans]] run almost everything. But because the scanning process destroys kills the organic body, most people are unwilling to undergo the procedure, and so demand for brain scans far exceeds supply. A thriving black market forms, with children abducted or bred to be raised in crèches until they can be scanned and sold.
Griffin Dickinson, a 20-year-old junior investigationsagent, agent working for the North American Trade Union, is ordered to find and close the crèches. His heavy weapons support is Abdul, a 17-year-old brain scan in a combat chassis. He is helped by Nadia, an IntrepidReporter Nadia, who is working with the government investigating child kidnappings.
Meanwhile 88, the scanned brain of a crèche-raised autistic savant, runs the South American Mafia' business interests. But she wants freedom, so she joins forces with the 14-year-old scan Archaidae, the deadliest assassin in the world.
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Meanwhile 88, the scanned brain of a crèche-raised autistic savant, runs the South American Mafia' business interests. But she wants freedom, so she joins forces with the 14-year-old scan Archaidae, the deadliest assassin in the world.
* GaiasLament: Global warming has gotten so severe that temperatures in Ontario are in the 110s, and everyone has to wear masks in public due to the pollution.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Griffin tells Nadia, "My dad is Mister Dickinson. Call me Griff."
* VomitingCop: During his first raid, Griffin finds hundreds of child corpses stacked in 140-degree heat. The stench is so overpowering that he vomits in his helmet, as does half the squad.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Scans don't receive the same rights and protections as living people, so it's legal to use them for slave labor.
* VomitingCop: During his first raid, Griffin finds hundreds of child corpses stacked in 140-degree heat. The stench is so overpowering that he vomits in his helmet, as does half the squad.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Scans don't receive the same rights and protections as living people, so it's legal to use them for slave labor.
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''Ghosts of Tomorrow'' is a {{cyberpunk}} novel by Michael R. Fletcher originally published in 2013 as ''88'' and revamped and re-released in 2017.
In the year 2046, the only processor powerful enough to control the latest technology is the human brain. [[BrainUploading Brain scans]] run almost everything. But because the scanning process destroys the organic body, most people are unwilling to undergo the procedure, and so demand for brain scans far exceeds supply. A thriving black market forms, with children abducted or bred to be raised in crèches until they can be scanned and sold.
Griffin Dickinson, a 20-year-old junior investigations agent, is ordered to find and close the crèches. His heavy weapons support is Abdul, a 17-year-old brain scan in a combat chassis. He is helped by IntrepidReporter Nadia, who is investigating child kidnappings.
88, the scanned brain of a crèche-raised autistic savant, runs the South American Mafia' business interests. But she wants freedom, so she joins forces with the 14-year-old scan Archaidae, the deadliest assassin in the world.
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!!''Ghosts of Tomorrow'' contains examples of:
* InconvenientItch: Griffin struggles to scratch an itch on his shoulder through body armor.
* TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay: Temperature is measured in Celsius.
* WhileYouWereInDiapers: When Griffin tells his boss Phil that he's 20, Phil mutters something under his breath about diapers.
* YouAreNumber6: 88 is named after the cell where she lives.
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In the year 2046, the only processor powerful enough to control the latest technology is the human brain. [[BrainUploading Brain scans]] run almost everything. But because the scanning process destroys the organic body, most people are unwilling to undergo the procedure, and so demand for brain scans far exceeds supply. A thriving black market forms, with children abducted or bred to be raised in crèches until they can be scanned and sold.
Griffin Dickinson, a 20-year-old junior investigations agent, is ordered to find and close the crèches. His heavy weapons support is Abdul, a 17-year-old brain scan in a combat chassis. He is helped by IntrepidReporter Nadia, who is investigating child kidnappings.
88, the scanned brain of a crèche-raised autistic savant, runs the South American Mafia' business interests. But she wants freedom, so she joins forces with the 14-year-old scan Archaidae, the deadliest assassin in the world.
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!!''Ghosts of Tomorrow'' contains examples of:
* InconvenientItch: Griffin struggles to scratch an itch on his shoulder through body armor.
* TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay: Temperature is measured in Celsius.
* WhileYouWereInDiapers: When Griffin tells his boss Phil that he's 20, Phil mutters something under his breath about diapers.
* YouAreNumber6: 88 is named after the cell where she lives.
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