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"The Luminous Dead" is a 2019 sci fi horror novel by Caitlin Starling. It follows Gyre Price, a young cave diver who seems to have hit the jackpot in finding a huge solo first job mapping out a partially underwater cave system. Armed with her VoiceWithAnInternetConnection, Em, and a powered suit that protects her from the underground creatures, "Tunnelers", that have already killed countless other cavers, she quickly discovers that she may have gotten in over her head.
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"The Luminous Dead" is a 2019 sci fi horror novel by Caitlin Starling. It follows Gyre Price, a young cave diver who seems to have hit the jackpot in finding a huge solo first job mapping out a partially underwater cave system. Armed with her VoiceWithAnInternetConnection, Em, and a powered suit that protects her from the underground creatures, "Tunnelers", that have already killed countless other cavers, she quickly discovers that she may have gotten in over her head.
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!! "The Luminous Dead" contains examples of:
* AlmostOutOfOxygen: Gyre's battery powered suit nearly runs out of power after a few mishaps leave her with no other functional batteries on her to swap out.
* DueToTheDead: After learning more about the history of the cave, a source of personal motivation for Gyre is to find and bring closure to the dead that haunt the cave.
* MysteriousBacker: While this truth is revealed fairly early, Em originally hides that [[spoiler:she is not just the only handler, when there is typically a team for the caver's safety, but also the owner of this cave system and is funding the expedition.]]
* SubterraneanSanityFailure: Much of the plot revolves around Gyre trying to maintain her sanity and keeping track of what's real and true in the cave. She often does not succeed.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Em is able to talk to Gyre from the surface and analyze her surroundings through the suit's readings. [[spoiler:One of Gyre's breaking points comes from losing this connection.]]
* YouDidntAsk: Much of [[spoiler:Em's lies]] fall under this. While it seems to genuinely be to keep Gyre safe and focused on her task, the manipulation only adds to the paranoia.
"The Luminous Dead" is a 2019 sci fi horror novel by Caitlin Starling. It follows Gyre Price, a young cave diver who seems to have hit the jackpot in finding a huge solo first job mapping out a partially underwater cave system. Armed with her VoiceWithAnInternetConnection, Em, and a powered suit that protects her from the underground creatures, "Tunnelers", that have already killed countless other cavers, she quickly discovers that she may have gotten in over her head.
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!! "The Luminous Dead" contains examples of:
* AlmostOutOfOxygen: Gyre's battery powered suit nearly runs out of power after a few mishaps leave her with no other functional batteries on her to swap out.
* DueToTheDead: After learning more about the history of the cave, a source of personal motivation for Gyre is to find and bring closure to the dead that haunt the cave.
* MysteriousBacker: While this truth is revealed fairly early, Em originally hides that [[spoiler:she is not just the only handler, when there is typically a team for the caver's safety, but also the owner of this cave system and is funding the expedition.]]
* SubterraneanSanityFailure: Much of the plot revolves around Gyre trying to maintain her sanity and keeping track of what's real and true in the cave. She often does not succeed.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Em is able to talk to Gyre from the surface and analyze her surroundings through the suit's readings. [[spoiler:One of Gyre's breaking points comes from losing this connection.]]
* YouDidntAsk: Much of [[spoiler:Em's lies]] fall under this. While it seems to genuinely be to keep Gyre safe and focused on her task, the manipulation only adds to the paranoia.
