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''Coda'' is a YoungAdult novel written by Emma Trevayne.
Anthem lives a double life. On the surface, he's like any other person of his station. He's a willing slave to the Corp, giving up years of his life to power the city and kept placated by the music they provide-music that can control what he sees, feels, and thinks.
Underneath that, though, Anthem is a rebel. He's in a band that plays ''real'' music. And ''real'' music is something the Corp won't allow, so he must keep it hidden from his girlfriend, Haven, and his younger brother and sister. But when tragedy strikes close to home, Anthem must decide how far he wants to take his rebellion--and if he can let others in on the secret.
A sequel and conclusion, entitled ''Chorus'', was released in 2014. This book focuses on Anthem's little sister, Alpha, who has formed a band of her own. With friends beside her, Alpha sets out on a quest to find the root of the Corp's reemergence--while dealing with Anthem's declining health.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Everyone in the book has one. Anthem picked his before he knew what the word meant, but it turns out to be accurate.
* BigBad: The Corp as a whole, though the main leader is President Z. In ''Chorus'' it's [[spoiler:Yellow Guy, AKA Wraith]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Anthem is very protective of his siblings, Alpha and Omega.
* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: [[spoiler:After being captured, Anthem is given the best musical equipment the Corp has... to produce music that will control everyone]].
* TheBigRottenApple: The city the book takes place in is a future New York.
%%* BuryYourGays: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Scope is killed at the end of the book, but it was by one of the Corp]].
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Alpha and Omega are, which is why Anthem works so hard to protect them from the Corp.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Alpha, to Anthem.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Corp members, particularly the President and her board.
* DealWithTheDevil: After his capture, [[spoiler:Anthem is given the best musical equipment the Corp has... to produce tracks that will control everyone]].
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Invoked and avoided with the distinction between the Corp's mass-produced tracks and Anthem's band's music.
* {{Dystopia}}
* DystopianEdict: Everyone is required to listen to the Corp's music once they hit a certain age.
* EquivalentExchange: One year powering the city takes a year off your lifespan. This is what killed Haven's parents and is what's nearly killed Anthem's father.
* FantasticDrug: The Corp's music. You can even overdose on it if you're not careful.
* FateWorseThanDeath: People who are declared Exaunts are permanently deafened by the Corp. In a society based around music, this is one of the worst things that could happen to you. [[spoiler:It happens to Haven]].
* ForcedToWatch: Ell makes Anthem watch [[spoiler:Alpha and Omega track]].
* FutureSlang: "Tracking" is slang for listening to the Corp's music, and "choice" means something is cool.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The music started as ways to calm people after the war, as medications were in rare supply. Then the people in power got hold of it...
* HappinessIsMandatory: The Corp's music can create artificial highs. Anthem uses this aspect of it frequently.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Anthem's original rebellion would not have worked out anyway. But by letting him and his bandmates live and produce what they think is approved music, the Corp sowed the seeds for their downfall]].
* HopeBringer: Anthem and his band hope to be this.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Anthem lampshades that he's this when he tracks. [[spoiler:Even more so after he becomes a Corp musician]].
* InSeriesNickname: Yellow Guy is called that because Anthem didn't hear his name. A Corp official is given the name "Ell" because Anthem didn't hear her name.
* InternalReformist: [[spoiler:This is how Anthem is able to successfully rebel]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]], who disappears after the reveal and seemingly escapes the revolution. His whereabouts are revealed in ''Chorus'', and [[spoiler:there, he doesn't escape]].
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Ell forces Alpha and Omega to track]].
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The synopsis for the sequel reveals that [[spoiler:Alpha and Omega tracked at an early age]].
* LivingBattery: Conduits power the city via energy extraction. [[spoiler:They also power President Z and the Board]].
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: [[spoiler:Haven is President Z's daughter]].
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]].
* MeaningfulName: Anthem is the hero, a rocker, and speaks/sings what he feels.
* TheMentor: Johnny, the leader of Anthem's band [[spoiler:until his death]].
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Johnny is killed by a death track]].
* MindControlMusic: The Corp's music can control your emotions, or even kill you. [[spoiler:Controlling the mind and body permanently is the Corp's ultimate goal]].
* MissingMom: Anthem's mother died years ago, and her memories are visible through a Corp-approved memory cube.
* TheMole: At first it seems to be [[spoiler:Haven]], but it's actually [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]].
* MoreThanMindControl: Anthem admits that the Corp's music is addictive and that when he listens, it's usually willing.
* MushroomSamba: The Corp's music can have this effect on you.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]]. He returns in the sequel.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Phoenix, who just wants to play music.
* NotQuiteDead: Judging by the sequel's synopsis, the Corp.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Yellow Guy. [[spoiler:''Chorus'' reveals his name is Wraith]].
* OnlySaneMan: Mage.
* PlayfulHacker: Haven and Mage.
* ThePowerOfRock: The Corp uses this to control people, and Anthem uses it to free people.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Johnny]].
* SiblingYinYang: Alpha and Omega by the time of the second book.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Johnny]].
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 16, where the concert is broken up and everyone is captured, and Chapter 23, where [[spoiler:Anthem finds out that Haven didn't call the guards; Yellow Guy did]].
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: [[spoiler:Haven's parents wondered this of her]].
* YaoiGuys: Scope and Yellow Guy. Anthem and Scope used to be this before they broke up.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Anthem is this when [[spoiler:he's recruited as a Corp musician]].
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Anthem lives a double life. On the surface, he's like any other person of his station. He's a willing slave to the Corp, giving up years of his life to power the city and kept placated by the music they provide-music that can control what he sees, feels, and thinks.
Underneath that, though, Anthem is a rebel. He's in a band that plays ''real'' music. And ''real'' music is something the Corp won't allow, so he must keep it hidden from his girlfriend, Haven, and his younger brother and sister. But when tragedy strikes close to home, Anthem must decide how far he wants to take his rebellion--and if he can let others in on the secret.
A sequel and conclusion, entitled ''Chorus'', was released in 2014. This book focuses on Anthem's little sister, Alpha, who has formed a band of her own. With friends beside her, Alpha sets out on a quest to find the root of the Corp's reemergence--while dealing with Anthem's declining health.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Everyone in the book has one. Anthem picked his before he knew what the word meant, but it turns out to be accurate.
* BigBad: The Corp as a whole, though the main leader is President Z. In ''Chorus'' it's [[spoiler:Yellow Guy, AKA Wraith]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Anthem is very protective of his siblings, Alpha and Omega.
* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: [[spoiler:After being captured, Anthem is given the best musical equipment the Corp has... to produce music that will control everyone]].
* TheBigRottenApple: The city the book takes place in is a future New York.
%%* BuryYourGays: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Scope is killed at the end of the book, but it was by one of the Corp]].
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Alpha and Omega are, which is why Anthem works so hard to protect them from the Corp.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Alpha, to Anthem.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Corp members, particularly the President and her board.
* DealWithTheDevil: After his capture, [[spoiler:Anthem is given the best musical equipment the Corp has... to produce tracks that will control everyone]].
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Invoked and avoided with the distinction between the Corp's mass-produced tracks and Anthem's band's music.
* {{Dystopia}}
* DystopianEdict: Everyone is required to listen to the Corp's music once they hit a certain age.
* EquivalentExchange: One year powering the city takes a year off your lifespan. This is what killed Haven's parents and is what's nearly killed Anthem's father.
* FantasticDrug: The Corp's music. You can even overdose on it if you're not careful.
* FateWorseThanDeath: People who are declared Exaunts are permanently deafened by the Corp. In a society based around music, this is one of the worst things that could happen to you. [[spoiler:It happens to Haven]].
* ForcedToWatch: Ell makes Anthem watch [[spoiler:Alpha and Omega track]].
* FutureSlang: "Tracking" is slang for listening to the Corp's music, and "choice" means something is cool.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The music started as ways to calm people after the war, as medications were in rare supply. Then the people in power got hold of it...
* HappinessIsMandatory: The Corp's music can create artificial highs. Anthem uses this aspect of it frequently.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Anthem's original rebellion would not have worked out anyway. But by letting him and his bandmates live and produce what they think is approved music, the Corp sowed the seeds for their downfall]].
* HopeBringer: Anthem and his band hope to be this.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Anthem lampshades that he's this when he tracks. [[spoiler:Even more so after he becomes a Corp musician]].
* InSeriesNickname: Yellow Guy is called that because Anthem didn't hear his name. A Corp official is given the name "Ell" because Anthem didn't hear her name.
* InternalReformist: [[spoiler:This is how Anthem is able to successfully rebel]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]], who disappears after the reveal and seemingly escapes the revolution. His whereabouts are revealed in ''Chorus'', and [[spoiler:there, he doesn't escape]].
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Ell forces Alpha and Omega to track]].
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The synopsis for the sequel reveals that [[spoiler:Alpha and Omega tracked at an early age]].
* LivingBattery: Conduits power the city via energy extraction. [[spoiler:They also power President Z and the Board]].
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: [[spoiler:Haven is President Z's daughter]].
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]].
* MeaningfulName: Anthem is the hero, a rocker, and speaks/sings what he feels.
* TheMentor: Johnny, the leader of Anthem's band [[spoiler:until his death]].
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Johnny is killed by a death track]].
* MindControlMusic: The Corp's music can control your emotions, or even kill you. [[spoiler:Controlling the mind and body permanently is the Corp's ultimate goal]].
* MissingMom: Anthem's mother died years ago, and her memories are visible through a Corp-approved memory cube.
* TheMole: At first it seems to be [[spoiler:Haven]], but it's actually [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]].
* MoreThanMindControl: Anthem admits that the Corp's music is addictive and that when he listens, it's usually willing.
* MushroomSamba: The Corp's music can have this effect on you.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]]. He returns in the sequel.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Phoenix, who just wants to play music.
* NotQuiteDead: Judging by the sequel's synopsis, the Corp.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Yellow Guy. [[spoiler:''Chorus'' reveals his name is Wraith]].
* OnlySaneMan: Mage.
* PlayfulHacker: Haven and Mage.
* ThePowerOfRock: The Corp uses this to control people, and Anthem uses it to free people.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Johnny]].
* SiblingYinYang: Alpha and Omega by the time of the second book.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Johnny]].
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 16, where the concert is broken up and everyone is captured, and Chapter 23, where [[spoiler:Anthem finds out that Haven didn't call the guards; Yellow Guy did]].
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: [[spoiler:Haven's parents wondered this of her]].
* YaoiGuys: Scope and Yellow Guy. Anthem and Scope used to be this before they broke up.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Anthem is this when [[spoiler:he's recruited as a Corp musician]].
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Anthem lives a double life. On the surface, he's like any other person of his station. He's a willing slave to the Corp, giving up years of his life to power the city and kept placated by the music they provide-music that can control what he sees, feels, and thinks.
Underneath that, though, Anthem is a rebel. He's in a band that plays ''real'' music. And ''real'' music is something the Corp won't allow, so he must keep it hidden from his girlfriend, Haven, and his younger brother and sister. But when tragedy strikes close to home, Anthem must decide how far he wants to take his rebellion--and if he can let others in on the secret.
A sequel and conclusion, entitled ''Chorus'', was released in 2014. This book focuses on Anthem's little sister, Alpha, who has formed a band of her own. With friends beside her, Alpha sets out on a quest to find the root of the Corp's reemergence--while dealing with Anthem's declining health.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Everyone in the book has one. Anthem picked his before he knew what the word meant, but it turns out to be accurate.
* BigBad: The Corp as a whole, though the main leader is President Z. In ''Chorus'' it's [[spoiler:Yellow Guy, AKA Wraith]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Anthem is very protective of his siblings, Alpha and Omega.
* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: [[spoiler:After being captured, Anthem is given the best musical equipment the Corp has... to produce music that will control everyone]].
* TheBigRottenApple: The city the book takes place in is a future New York.
%%* BuryYourGays: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Scope is killed at the end of the book, but it was by one of the Corp]].
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Alpha and Omega are, which is why Anthem works so hard to protect them from the Corp.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Alpha, to Anthem.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Corp members, particularly the President and her board.
* DealWithTheDevil: After his capture, [[spoiler:Anthem is given the best musical equipment the Corp has... to produce tracks that will control everyone]].
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Invoked and avoided with the distinction between the Corp's mass-produced tracks and Anthem's band's music.
* {{Dystopia}}
* DystopianEdict: Everyone is required to listen to the Corp's music once they hit a certain age.
* EquivalentExchange: One year powering the city takes a year off your lifespan. This is what killed Haven's parents and is what's nearly killed Anthem's father.
* FantasticDrug: The Corp's music. You can even overdose on it if you're not careful.
* FateWorseThanDeath: People who are declared Exaunts are permanently deafened by the Corp. In a society based around music, this is one of the worst things that could happen to you. [[spoiler:It happens to Haven]].
* ForcedToWatch: Ell makes Anthem watch [[spoiler:Alpha and Omega track]].
* FutureSlang: "Tracking" is slang for listening to the Corp's music, and "choice" means something is cool.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The music started as ways to calm people after the war, as medications were in rare supply. Then the people in power got hold of it...
* HappinessIsMandatory: The Corp's music can create artificial highs. Anthem uses this aspect of it frequently.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Anthem's original rebellion would not have worked out anyway. But by letting him and his bandmates live and produce what they think is approved music, the Corp sowed the seeds for their downfall]].
* HopeBringer: Anthem and his band hope to be this.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Anthem lampshades that he's this when he tracks. [[spoiler:Even more so after he becomes a Corp musician]].
* InSeriesNickname: Yellow Guy is called that because Anthem didn't hear his name. A Corp official is given the name "Ell" because Anthem didn't hear her name.
* InternalReformist: [[spoiler:This is how Anthem is able to successfully rebel]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]], who disappears after the reveal and seemingly escapes the revolution. His whereabouts are revealed in ''Chorus'', and [[spoiler:there, he doesn't escape]].
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Ell forces Alpha and Omega to track]].
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The synopsis for the sequel reveals that [[spoiler:Alpha and Omega tracked at an early age]].
* LivingBattery: Conduits power the city via energy extraction. [[spoiler:They also power President Z and the Board]].
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: [[spoiler:Haven is President Z's daughter]].
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]].
* MeaningfulName: Anthem is the hero, a rocker, and speaks/sings what he feels.
* TheMentor: Johnny, the leader of Anthem's band [[spoiler:until his death]].
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Johnny is killed by a death track]].
* MindControlMusic: The Corp's music can control your emotions, or even kill you. [[spoiler:Controlling the mind and body permanently is the Corp's ultimate goal]].
* MissingMom: Anthem's mother died years ago, and her memories are visible through a Corp-approved memory cube.
* TheMole: At first it seems to be [[spoiler:Haven]], but it's actually [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]].
* MoreThanMindControl: Anthem admits that the Corp's music is addictive and that when he listens, it's usually willing.
* MushroomSamba: The Corp's music can have this effect on you.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Yellow Guy]]. He returns in the sequel.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Phoenix, who just wants to play music.
* NotQuiteDead: Judging by the sequel's synopsis, the Corp.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Yellow Guy. [[spoiler:''Chorus'' reveals his name is Wraith]].
* OnlySaneMan: Mage.
* PlayfulHacker: Haven and Mage.
* ThePowerOfRock: The Corp uses this to control people, and Anthem uses it to free people.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Johnny]].
* SiblingYinYang: Alpha and Omega by the time of the second book.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Johnny]].
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 16, where the concert is broken up and everyone is captured, and Chapter 23, where [[spoiler:Anthem finds out that Haven didn't call the guards; Yellow Guy did]].
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: [[spoiler:Haven's parents wondered this of her]].
* YaoiGuys: Scope and Yellow Guy. Anthem and Scope used to be this before they broke up.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Anthem is this when [[spoiler:he's recruited as a Corp musician]].
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