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* AmbiguouslyBi: Chamza initially only has eyes for Umar, but as the series progresses, starts paying more attention to Lindsey's feelings for her, [[spoiler:including having a borderline HomoeroticDream about her in volume four and being surprised-but-not-repulsed by Lindsey kissing her upon their reunion]].
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Chamza initially only has eyes for Umar, but as the series progresses, starts paying more attention to Lindsey's feelings for her, [[spoiler:including having a borderline HomoeroticDream homoerotic dream about her in volume four and being surprised-but-not-repulsed by Lindsey kissing her upon their reunion]].
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* MeaningfulName: "Chamza" is a cognate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa "hamsa"]] -- a palm-shaped amulet in many Middle-Eastern cultures symbolizing protection, particularly, from EvilEye -- darkly ironic, considering what happens to Chamza's eyes in the story. The connection is further reinforced by Chamza actually wearing a hamsa in the final volume, during [[spoiler:her DoNoAdjustYourSet speech -- after she discovers that her late real father wished for her to effectively become the protector of the whole world]].
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* MeaningfulName: "Chamza" is a cognate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa "hamsa"]] -- a palm-shaped amulet in many Middle-Eastern cultures symbolizing protection, particularly, from EvilEye evil eye -- darkly ironic, considering what happens to Chamza's eyes in the story. The connection is further reinforced by Chamza actually wearing a hamsa in the final volume, during [[spoiler:her DoNoAdjustYourSet speech -- after she discovers that her late real father wished for her to effectively become the protector of the whole world]].
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* RemoteBody: In the future imagined by the comics, human-sized androids are a fact of life, but the AI is not sophisticated enough yet to steer them, so professional operators like Hu Chuan steer them remotely to work in hazardous environments, like building sites and war zones. In addition to regular androids, there exist combat-focused MiniMecha like the one [[spoiler:Lindsey buys to bodyguard her in the Valley and gives to Chuan to steer]].
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* FriendsWithBenefits: Lindsey becomes this with the Shanghai hacker/android-controller Hu Chuan, after he helps her reestablish contact with Chamza in book three (despite Lindsey still being in love with Chamza, who has no idea of her feelings).
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The comic takes place in 2024, about a decade after it was published. In many ways, it is eerily prescient, but on the other hand, we are still waiting on the [[IWantMyJetPack personal suborbital jets and mind-controlled battle robots]]...
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* MeaningfulName: "Chamza" is a cognate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa "hamsa"]] -- a palm-shaped amulet in many Middle-Eastern cultures symbolizing protection and, particularly, from EvilEye -- darkly ironic, considering what happens to Chamza's eyes in the story. The connection is further reinforced by Chamza actually wearing a hamsa in the final volume, during [[spoiler:her DoNoAdjustYourSet speech -- after she discovers that her late real father wished for her to effectively become the protector of the whole world]].
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* MeaningfulName: "Chamza" is a cognate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa "hamsa"]] -- a palm-shaped amulet in many Middle-Eastern cultures symbolizing protection and, protection, particularly, from EvilEye -- darkly ironic, considering what happens to Chamza's eyes in the story. The connection is further reinforced by Chamza actually wearing a hamsa in the final volume, during [[spoiler:her DoNoAdjustYourSet speech -- after she discovers that her late real father wished for her to effectively become the protector of the whole world]].
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[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture London, 2024.]] A [[SuicideAttack suicide bombing]] goes off during a rally protesting a neoconservative victory in the recent US presidential elections. A young protester named Lindsey almost perishes in the subsequent stampede, before being rescued by a beautiful and mysterious heiress calling herself Chamza. The two hit off immediately, and Lindsey soon finds herself [[RescueRomance falling in love with her charming rescuer]]. Little does she know that Chamza is about to become the target of a [[GovernmentConspiracy massive conspiracy]] by the US secret services, who suspect her to have inherited "Al-Quaeda's fortune" -- a vast sum of money supposedly made by the bin Laden family on 9/11...
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[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture London, 2024.]] A [[SuicideAttack suicide bombing]] goes off during a rally protesting a neoconservative victory in the recent US presidential elections. A young protester college student named Lindsey almost perishes dies in the subsequent stampede, before being ensuing stampede but is rescued by a beautiful and mysterious heiress calling herself Chamza. The two hit off immediately, and Lindsey soon finds herself [[RescueRomance falling in love with her charming rescuer]]. Little does she know that Chamza is about to become the target of a [[GovernmentConspiracy massive conspiracy]] by the US secret services, who suspect her to have inherited "Al-Quaeda's fortune" -- a vast sum of money supposedly made by the bin Laden family on 9/11...
off the 9/11 stock market crash...
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* SpoilerCover: The cover of the final volume spoils Lindsey's gradual evolution into [[spoiler:an ActionGirl]].
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* SpoilerCover: The cover of the final volume spoils Lindsey's gradual evolution into [[spoiler:an ActionGirl]].ActionGirl by depicting her toting an assault rifle with a battle droid in the background]].
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* SpoilerCover: The cover of the final volume spoils Lindsey's gradual evolution into [[spoiler:an ActionGirl]].
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The English translation was published by Lion Forge in 2017, split into ten issues.
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The English translation was published by Lion Forge in 2017, split into ten issues.issues, while a five-volume German version was released by Schreiber & Leser between 2013 and 2016.
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* ComingOfAgeStory: For Lindsey. Starts off as an ordinary college student, but falls in love with Chamza and is drawn into a world of international conspiracy and terrorism, from which she emerges as an [[spoiler:combat-hardened fighter and survivor]].
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* ComingOfAgeStory: For Lindsey. Starts Lindsey starts off as an ordinary college student, but falls in love with Chamza and is drawn into a world of international conspiracy and terrorism, from which she emerges as an a [[spoiler:combat-hardened fighter and survivor]].
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Chamza initially only has eyes for Umar, but as the series progresses, starts paying more attention to Lindsey's feelings for her, [[spoiler:including having a borderline HomoeroticDream about her in volume four and being surprised-but-not-repulsed by Lindsey kissing her upon their reunion]].
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Lindsey. Starts off as an ordinary college student, but falls in love with Chamza and is drawn into a world of international conspiracy and terrorism, from which she emerges as an [[spoiler:combat-hardened fighter and survivor]].
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: At first, Chamza believes [[spoiler:President Azamatov]] to be her father, until it is revealed that her mother had an affair with [[spoiler:the Al-Quaeda banker Haddad. It is then revealed that ''that'' reveal was a deep fake by the Americans, but her mom ''did'' have an affair with another man, namely, the inventor of the Black Cloud, who left all of his fortunes to her.]]
* MonumentalDamage: The third volume culminates in the demolition of [[spoiler:the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al_Arab Burj Al Arab]] hotel, one of Dubai's most iconic sights,]] by Islamist terrorists.
* RescueRomance: Lindsey falls head over heels for Chamza after the latter rescues her from a stampede. The fact that Chamza is also obscenely rich, exotically beautiful, and kindhearted didn't help, either.
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* SpoiledSweet: Chamza is heiress to a vast fortune of unknown origins, but still a very nice and caring person, particularly to Lindsey and Umar.
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* SpoiledSweet: Chamza is heiress to a vast fortune of unknown origins, but is still a very nice and caring person, particularly to towards Lindsey and Umar.Umar. Especially in the first volume, when she drags Lindsey on a shopping tour from London to Dubai (in her private suborbital plane, no less) simply because she wants to hang out with her.
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[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture London, 2024.]] A suicide bombing goes off during a demonstration protesting a neocon victory in the recent US presidential elections. A young protester named Lindsey almost perishes in the subsequent stampede, before being rescued by a beautiful and mysterious heiress calling herself Chamza. The two of them hit off immediately, and Lindsey soon finds herself falling in love with her charming rescuer. Little does she know that Chamza is about to become the target of a massive conspiracy by the US intelligence services, who suspect her to have inherited "Al-Quaeda's fortune" -- a vast sum of money supposedly made by bin Ladens by betting on market decline before 9/11...
''Ghost Money'' is a {{Belgian|Comics}} ConspiracyThriller comic written by Thierry Smolderen and illustrated by Dominique Bertail. It was originally published in French in five volumes between 2008 and 2016:
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[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture London, 2024.]] A [[SuicideAttack suicide bombing bombing]] goes off during a demonstration rally protesting a neocon neoconservative victory in the recent US presidential elections. A young protester named Lindsey almost perishes in the subsequent stampede, before being rescued by a beautiful and mysterious heiress calling herself Chamza. The two of them hit off immediately, and Lindsey soon finds herself [[RescueRomance falling in love with her charming rescuer. rescuer]]. Little does she know that Chamza is about to become the target of a [[GovernmentConspiracy massive conspiracy conspiracy]] by the US intelligence secret services, who suspect her to have inherited "Al-Quaeda's fortune" -- a vast sum of money supposedly made by the bin Ladens by betting Laden family on market decline before 9/11...
''Ghost Money'' is a {{Belgian|Comics}} ConspiracyThriller comic written by Thierry Smolderen and illustrated by Dominique Bertail. It was originally published in French in five volumesbetween from 2008 and to 2016:
''Ghost Money'' is a {{Belgian|Comics}} ConspiracyThriller comic written by Thierry Smolderen and illustrated by Dominique Bertail. It was originally published in French in five volumes
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* DuringTheWar: Subverted. The comic opens during the Siege of Fallujah, but this turns out to just be an distant prologue-slash-introductions of the bad guys, after which the story jumps two decades into the future.
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* DuringTheWar: Subverted. The comic opens during the Siege 2004 Battle of Fallujah, but this turns out to just be an distant prologue-slash-introductions of the bad guys, after which the story jumps two decades into the future.
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* ParanoiaFuel: The first volume is particularly disturbing on this front. It starts out with the CIA kidnapping of Haddad, who then spends the final years of his life in [[BlackSite unmarked prisons]] (granted, he is an [[AssholeVictim Al-Quaeda banker]], but still), and ends with [[spoiler:Chamza being targeted by an American plot to install micro-cameras into her eyes that let Kendricks' men [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou spy on Chamza 24/7, even in her most intimate moments]]]].
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[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture London, 2024.]] A suicide bombing goes off during a demonstration protesting a neocon victory in the recent US presidential elections. A young protester named Lindsey almost perishes in the subsequent stampede, before being rescued by a beautiful and mysterious heiress calling herself Chamza. The two of them hit off immediately, and Lindsey soon finds herself falling in love with her charming rescuer. Little does she know that Chamza is about to become the target of a massive conspiracy by the US intelligence services, who suspect her to have inherited "Al-Quaeda's fortune" -- a vast sum of money supposedly made by bin Ladens by betting on market decline before 9/11...
''Ghost Money'' is a {{Belgian|Comics}} ConspiracyThriller comic written by Thierry Smolderen and illustrated by Dominique Bertail. It was originally published in French in five volumes between 2008 and 2016:
# ''The Lady from Dubai'' (2008)
# ''Chamza's Eyes'' (2010)
# ''Death in Dubai'' (2012)
# ''Trapped in Tashkit'' (2014)
# ''The Black Cloud'' (2016)
The English translation was published by Lion Forge in 2017, split into ten issues.
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!!The comic contains examples of following tropes:
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lindsey falls in love with Chamza, who is in love with Umar, and while Umar reciprocates her at first, [[spoiler:he grows distant from her following his capture and torture]].
* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Surveillance technology is ''everywhere'' in the world described by the comic (which, mind you, began publication four years before Snowden's revelations). The most disturbing instance are the [[spoiler:microchips implanted into Chamza's eyes by the Americans, letting them spy on her 24/7]].
* DuringTheWar: Subverted. The comic opens during the Siege of Fallujah, but this turns out to just be an distant prologue-slash-introductions of the bad guys, after which the story jumps two decades into the future.
* {{Fanservice}}: Lindsey and Chamza run around topless a lot more often than is strictly required by the plot.
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Chamza's absolute trust in Lindsey stems from the fact that their first meeting (where Chamza pulled Lindsey out of a stampede in the immediate aftermath of a suicide bombing) could not have been anything ''but'' accidental -- in other words, she reasons that Lindsey couldn't have been a plant or part of any scheme targeting her and her fortune.
* MeaningfulName: "Chamza" is a cognate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa "hamsa"]] -- a palm-shaped amulet in many Middle-Eastern cultures symbolizing protection and, particularly, from EvilEye -- darkly ironic, considering what happens to Chamza's eyes in the story. The connection is further reinforced by Chamza actually wearing a hamsa in the final volume, during [[spoiler:her DoNoAdjustYourSet speech -- after she discovers that her late real father wished for her to effectively become the protector of the whole world]].
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Peter Albert Burton, newly elected in 2024, is seen as President Corrupt by Lindsey and most of her peers [[spoiler:and is eventually revealed to have used the fortune that the bin Laden family made off the 9/11 stocks crash to finance his campaign]]. Azamatov, meanwhile, is a classical Central Asian PresidentForLife, i.e. a PresidentEvil masquerading as President Personable.
* ParanoiaFuel: The first volume is particularly disturbing on this front. It starts out with the CIA kidnapping of Haddad, who then spends the final years of his life in [[BlackSite unmarked prisons]] (granted, he is an [[AssholeVictim Al-Quaeda banker]], but still), and ends with [[spoiler:Chamza being targeted by an American plot to install micro-cameras into her eyes that let Kendricks' men [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou spy on Chamza 24/7, even in her most intimate moments]]]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: The Americans' plans would have gone of without a hitch, had it not been for Lindsey and her love for Chamza.
* SpoiledSweet: Chamza is heiress to a vast fortune of unknown origins, but still a very nice and caring person, particularly to Lindsey and Umar.
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''Ghost Money'' is a {{Belgian|Comics}} ConspiracyThriller comic written by Thierry Smolderen and illustrated by Dominique Bertail. It was originally published in French in five volumes between 2008 and 2016:
# ''The Lady from Dubai'' (2008)
# ''Chamza's Eyes'' (2010)
# ''Death in Dubai'' (2012)
# ''Trapped in Tashkit'' (2014)
# ''The Black Cloud'' (2016)
The English translation was published by Lion Forge in 2017, split into ten issues.
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!!The comic contains examples of following tropes:
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lindsey falls in love with Chamza, who is in love with Umar, and while Umar reciprocates her at first, [[spoiler:he grows distant from her following his capture and torture]].
* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Surveillance technology is ''everywhere'' in the world described by the comic (which, mind you, began publication four years before Snowden's revelations). The most disturbing instance are the [[spoiler:microchips implanted into Chamza's eyes by the Americans, letting them spy on her 24/7]].
* DuringTheWar: Subverted. The comic opens during the Siege of Fallujah, but this turns out to just be an distant prologue-slash-introductions of the bad guys, after which the story jumps two decades into the future.
* {{Fanservice}}: Lindsey and Chamza run around topless a lot more often than is strictly required by the plot.
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Chamza's absolute trust in Lindsey stems from the fact that their first meeting (where Chamza pulled Lindsey out of a stampede in the immediate aftermath of a suicide bombing) could not have been anything ''but'' accidental -- in other words, she reasons that Lindsey couldn't have been a plant or part of any scheme targeting her and her fortune.
* MeaningfulName: "Chamza" is a cognate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa "hamsa"]] -- a palm-shaped amulet in many Middle-Eastern cultures symbolizing protection and, particularly, from EvilEye -- darkly ironic, considering what happens to Chamza's eyes in the story. The connection is further reinforced by Chamza actually wearing a hamsa in the final volume, during [[spoiler:her DoNoAdjustYourSet speech -- after she discovers that her late real father wished for her to effectively become the protector of the whole world]].
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Peter Albert Burton, newly elected in 2024, is seen as President Corrupt by Lindsey and most of her peers [[spoiler:and is eventually revealed to have used the fortune that the bin Laden family made off the 9/11 stocks crash to finance his campaign]]. Azamatov, meanwhile, is a classical Central Asian PresidentForLife, i.e. a PresidentEvil masquerading as President Personable.
* ParanoiaFuel: The first volume is particularly disturbing on this front. It starts out with the CIA kidnapping of Haddad, who then spends the final years of his life in [[BlackSite unmarked prisons]] (granted, he is an [[AssholeVictim Al-Quaeda banker]], but still), and ends with [[spoiler:Chamza being targeted by an American plot to install micro-cameras into her eyes that let Kendricks' men [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou spy on Chamza 24/7, even in her most intimate moments]]]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: The Americans' plans would have gone of without a hitch, had it not been for Lindsey and her love for Chamza.
* SpoiledSweet: Chamza is heiress to a vast fortune of unknown origins, but still a very nice and caring person, particularly to Lindsey and Umar.
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