History Literature / HereBeDragons

** Near the end of the book [[spoiler:''Gabriel'' has been crippled by a nuclear missile, and ''Metatron'' is closing in for the kill.]] ''Gabriel'' has enough power left to either fire the ballista or the engines, but not both - and either option will flood the ship with enough waste heat to kill the crew. [[spoiler: Instead Elena drops a cannonball on the path behind her, without firing it, and ''Metatron's'' collides with it at a high enough velocity to cause catastrophic damage.]]

** The final example is [[spoiler: Ikenna's discovery that one of ''Gabriel's'' missiles was equipped with a transmitted that ''Metatron'' used to track her. Elena uploads this same missile with evidence of the outsiders' true nature and fires it on a path towards home, ensuring that she'd win the war even if she lost the battle.]]

Although it's a reasonably hard science fiction novel, there is relatively little math for the layman to digest. Instead it's mostly a character-driven, told from Elena's perspective as she and ''Gabriel'' approach the outsiders, and as she flashes back to how she came to be there.

A 2013 science fiction novel by Craig Alan. For the ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic by Ryuugi go [[Fanfic/HereBeDragons here]], and for the ''Franchise/StarWars[=/=]VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'' crossover series by Hiver, go [[Fanfic/HiversHereBeDragons here]].

* UnseenCharacter: Helena Dixon and Sir William Campbell-Azzam are very important to the plot, but only show up in media appearances, while Moishe Avramovich, the founder of space colonization, is long dead by the time the novel begins. [[spoiler: For most of the novel, it appears that Jacob Erasmus is another one of these.]]

* TitleDrop: One of the few personal touches in Elena's stateroom is a 16th century map of the Earth, complete with sea serpents and fiery dragons at the unknown edges and emblazoned with the legend HC SVNT DRACONES. Likely a combination of the [[HereThereBeDragons Lenox globe and Carta Marina]].

Although it's a reasonably hard novel in the Mohs sense, there is relatively little math for the layman to digest. Instead it's mostly a character-driven, told from Elena's perspective as she and ''Gabriel'' approach the outsiders, and as she flashes back to how she came to be there.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Class 4. With the notable exception of the avram, the technology depicted is relatively advanced, but not impossible.

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