History Literature / HiveMind2016

* ''Adversary'' (forthcoming novel, estimated for February 2023)

* FirstPersonPerspective: All books are written from Amber's point-of-view, although we do get to see through other perspectives when she uses her telepathy.

* OneSteveLimit: Played straight in general. However, averted in two cases. [[spoiler:The girl that Eldan kidnapped and placed in a booby trap was also named Amber. This appears to have been a deliberate attempt to provoke Amber the telepath.]] In addition, both Juniper's mother and Admiral Tregarth's wife are named Tressa. [[spoiler:This is partly to indicate how common a name Tressa is; it also foreshadows Juniper becoming Admiral Tregarth's deputy and protégée.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Literally a gun. [[spoiler:When Lucas learns that he doesn't need to teach Amber to swim, she suggests he teach her how to use a gun instead. She uses the gun to kill Elden.]]

* TriggerPhrase: [[spoiler: Elden set a trigger image to activate and make Amber transfer to Hive Genex. It's a gold and silver design that he sprayed around the Level 1 shopping area in hopes that she'd see it. When that didn't work, he set up trap missions for her; when those failed, he mailed (or got her mother to mail) her a duck toy with one.]]

* ''Adversary'' (forthcoming novel, delayed by the ''Literature/DragoTellDramis2781'' series)

* RedAlert: The alert that sounds to notify the telepath unit about an emergency run is an example of the Emergency Squad Scramble type.

* DrivenToSuicide: York, a telepath before Amber, committed suicide after his first emergency run. This is why Lucas shows up at Amber's apartment after her first emergency run and insists on spending the night.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Many of the issues in ''Borderline'' are caused by Amber's attempts to keep the status quo. [[spoiler: Her attempt to keep Tobias from being kicked out leads to him punching her, and later trying to kill her. Her efforts to keep Gregas from the truth about his borderline telepathy causes family strife because he doesn't want to accidentally get an insight from their parents.]]

Except Amber finds that she will never be imprinted, because she is one of the extremely rare telepaths that the Hive needs to use to protect citizens from each other. As an elite telepath, she is given command of a unit that seeks out and captures "wild bees" before they can hurt the Hive. As the newest telepath, she is a critical guardian, protecting the Hive from descending into chaos.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Amber has a fear of heights. She also has a fear of Outside, especially the 'truesun', [[spoiler:until the implant from Genex is removed]]. She, of course, has to deal with both of those.

* UpToEleven: The titular storm in ''Hurricane'' is described as Class 12. Modern storm classification only goes up to Class 5, which is already incredibly devastating.

'''''Hive Mind''''' is a series of science fiction works written by Creator/JanetEdwards, also known for the Literature/EarthGirl series.

* ''Adversary'' (forthcoming novel, expected early 2021)

* OneSteveLimit: Played straight in general. However, averted in one case. [[spoiler: The girl that Eldan kidnapped and placed in a booby trap was also named Amber. This appears to have been a deliberate attempt to provoke Amber the telepath.]]

She turned to face me again, and her lips weren't moving. "I stopped talking two minutes ago, Amber. You’ve been pulling the pre-vocalized words directly out of my mind."''

-->“And what if I refuse to retreat to the park?” asked Adika.\\
“Then I shoot you on stun and get someone to drag you there,” said Rothan.\\
“Really?” Adika made the single word hold infinite menace.\\
“Really,” said Rothan.

** Averted with their full combat armor. Caleb is shot twice in the shoulder with guns set to kill, and while he's seriously injured, he survives because the shots hit in slightly different places.
* {{Asexuality}}: One of the surrogate mothers that carried Claire's children was apparently asexual. She loved being a mother and having children, but had no desire to have sex, making her ideal as a surrogate.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: A comment in ''Telepath'', [[spoiler:"As far as I knew, Gregas couldn’t read minds..."]], becomes a lot more ironically significant in ''Borderline'' when it turns out that [[spoiler:he can, albeit not as well as Amber can]].

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Amber has a fear of heights. She also has a fear of Outside, especially the ‘truesun’, [[spoiler:until the implant from Genex is removed]]. She, of course, has to deal with both of those.

* YoungAndInCharge: Amber is eighteen years old, fresh out of Lottery...and in charge of one of the Hive’s scarce telepath units.
* ZeroGSpot: Characters sleep in 'sleep fields' that they seem to float in. Amber and Lucas share one once they become a couple.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Megan decides to resign after her BelligerentSexualTension with Adika spills over and starts negatively affecting Amber. Once Buzz is brought in to counsel Amber, and also provides Adika with some advice, she is convinced to stay.

->''“It’s a mistake,” I repeated. “I’m not a telepath.”\\
She turned to face me again, and her lips weren’t moving. “I stopped talking two minutes ago, Amber. You’ve been pulling the pre-vocalized words directly out of my mind.”''

[[caption-width-right:350:Amber as the Light Angel, flanked by Forge and Lucas]]

* MissionControl: Nicole and (usually) Lucas. Nicole as liaison provides information and connects with other organizations in the Hive for Amber and her team; Lucas as tactical commander is in charge of planning the reaction to whatever circumstances the strike team finds themselves in. If Lucas isn't available, Emili takes over; when Emili is also unavailable, Tobias takes over tactical.