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* {{Crossover}}: During TheHomewardJourney through TheMultiverse in the fourth book, one of the dimensions Falcon visits is [[Literature/TheWayOfTheTiger Orb]], and Falcon can even acquire a magic talisman that {{No Sell}}s mind control. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Pity it nevers comes up again in later books.]] Maybe it ran out of magic?

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* {{Crossover}}: During TheHomewardJourney through TheMultiverse in the fourth book, one of the dimensions Falcon visits is [[Literature/TheWayOfTheTiger [[Literature/WayOfTheTiger Orb]], and Falcon can even acquire a magic talisman that {{No Sell}}s mind control. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Pity it nevers comes up again in later books.]] Maybe it ran out of magic?
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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Falcon disobeys orders in the last book to save his best friend, and gets demoted back to agent. He muses he'd rather do this anyway.]]

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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Falcon Falcon, by then promoted to the head of his agency, disobeys orders in the last book to save his best friend, and gets demoted back to agent. He muses he'd rather do this anyway.]]
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* PsychicPowers: All TIME agents require them, to sense the eddies and flow of the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. In addition, Falcon can use [[MindControl Power of Will]] and [[{{Stunguns}} Thinkstrike.]]

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* PsychicPowers: All TIME agents require them, to sense the eddies and flow of the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. In addition, Falcon can use [[MindControl Power of Will]] and [[{{Stunguns}} [[TheParalyzer Thinkstrike.]]
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''Falcon'' is a science fiction [[ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebook]] series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the TimePolice in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone would otherwise have died.

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''Falcon'' is a science fiction [[ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebook]] science-fiction {{Gamebook}} series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the TimePolice in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone would otherwise have died.



!!''Falcon'' provides examples of the following tropes:

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''Falcon'' is a science fiction {{gamebook}} series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the TimePolice in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone would otherwise have died.

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''Falcon'' is a science fiction {{gamebook}} [[ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebook]] series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the TimePolice in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone would otherwise have died.
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''Falcon'' is a science fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone would otherwise have died.

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''Falcon'' is a science fiction {{gamebook}} series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police TimePolice in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone would otherwise have died.
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Falcon is a science fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone would otherwise have died.

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Falcon ''Falcon'' is a science fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone would otherwise have died.
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Falcon is a science fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone dies otherwise.

In the year 3033, mankind mostly lives for fun. Few people work, and fewer still have to. One thing very heavily monitored, however, is time, which is monitored and policed by [[TimePolice TIME]], the [[FunWithAcronyms Temporal Investigative and Monitoring Executive]], one of the most important agencies in the [[TheFederation Space Federation.]]

Yes, the Space Federation. Earth shares the universe with several species, and most have agreed that since Time Travel is possible, then having a planet be {{RetGone}}d would be a bad thing.

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Falcon is a science fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded in each book on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone dies otherwise.

would otherwise have died.

In the year 3033, mankind mostly lives for fun. Few people work, and fewer still have to. One thing very heavily monitored, however, is time, which is monitored and policed by [[TimePolice TIME]], the [[FunWithAcronyms Temporal Investigative and Monitoring Executive]], one of the most important agencies in the [[TheFederation Space Federation.]]

Yes, the Space Federation. Earth shares the universe galaxy with several species, and most have agreed that since Time Travel is possible, then having a planet be {{RetGone}}d would be a bad thing.



* DaChief: Yelov, Jobanque, and you in the 5th book.
* PhysicalGod: "Cosmic Being" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME employ {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]], "Demon-Lord" and other adjectives, but have no true explanation as to what Baal is or why.
* PsychicPowers: All time agents require them, to sense the eddies and flow of the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. In addition, Falcon can use [[MindControl Power Of The Mind]] and [[{{Stunguns}} thinkstrike.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Baal, who was sealed in "The Rack" by the {{Precursors}}. The plot of the book has Falcon [[GottaCatchThemAll putting the pieces back together to trap Baal in it once again.]]

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* DaChief: Yelov, Jobanque, and you in the 5th fifth book.
* PhysicalGod: "Cosmic Being" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME employ {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]], "Demon-Lord" and other adjectives, descriptions, but have no true explanation as to what Baal is or why.
* PsychicPowers: All time TIME agents require them, to sense the eddies and flow of the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. In addition, Falcon can use [[MindControl Power Of The Mind]] of Will]] and [[{{Stunguns}} thinkstrike.Thinkstrike.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Baal, who was sealed in "The Rack" by the {{Precursors}}. The plot of the book has Falcon [[GottaCatchThemAll putting the pieces back together to trap imprison Baal in it once again.]]

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The books made it clear that advanced aging was a side-effect of prolonged existence outside of one's original time period - the further away chronologically, the faster the onset and effect. The unnatural aging subsided when Falcon returned to 3034.


Falcon is a Science Fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson features a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded each book by how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone dies otherwise.

In the year 3033, mankind mostly lives for fun. Few people work, and fewer still have to. One thing very heavily monitored, however, is time; which is run by [[TimePolice TIME]], the [[FunWithAcronyms Temporal Investigative and Monitoring Executive]]; one of the strongest agencies in the [[TheFederation Space Federation.]]

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Falcon is a Science Fiction science fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson features Thomson, featuring a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded in each book by on how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone dies otherwise.

In the year 3033, mankind mostly lives for fun. Few people work, and fewer still have to. One thing very heavily monitored, however, is time; time, which is run monitored and policed by [[TimePolice TIME]], the [[FunWithAcronyms Temporal Investigative and Monitoring Executive]]; Executive]], one of the strongest most important agencies in the [[TheFederation Space Federation.]]



* AbortedArc: In the fourth book, it's revealed that Falcon [[spoiler: got a condition from extended time travel that made him start rapidly aging. Supposedly, he only had 300 days left to live.]] This is never mentioned again in the fifth or sixth books.



* ArtificialIntelligence: CAIN (Cybernetic Artificial Intelligence Nexus), your onboard color.
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Falcon disobeys orders in the last book to save his best friend; and gets demoted back to agent. He muses he'd rather do this anyways, but there is the AbortedArc of the Aging Disease....]]

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* ArtificialIntelligence: CAIN (Cybernetic Artificial Intelligence Nexus), your onboard color.
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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Falcon disobeys orders in the last book to save his best friend; friend, and gets demoted back to agent. He muses he'd rather do this anyways, but there is the AbortedArc of the Aging Disease....anyway.]]



* {{Crossover}}: During TheHomewardJourney through TheMultiverse in the fourth book, one of the dimensions Falcon visits is [[Literature/TheWayOfTheTiger Orb]] and Falcon can even acquire a magic talisman that {{No Sell}}s mind control. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Pity it nevers comes up again in later books.]] Maybe it ran out of magic?

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* {{Crossover}}: During TheHomewardJourney through TheMultiverse in the fourth book, one of the dimensions Falcon visits is [[Literature/TheWayOfTheTiger Orb]] Orb]], and Falcon can even acquire a magic talisman that {{No Sell}}s mind control. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Pity it nevers comes up again in later books.]] Maybe it ran out of magic?



* PhysicalGod: "Cosmic Being" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME use {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]], "Demon-Lord" and other adjectives, but have no true explanation to what Baal is or why.

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* PhysicalGod: "Cosmic Being" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME use employ {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]], "Demon-Lord" and other adjectives, but have no true explanation as to what Baal is or why.



* SealedEvilInACan: Baal, who was sealed in "The Rack" by the {{Precursors}}. The plot of the book has Falcon [[GottaCatchThemAll putting the pieces back together to stuff Baal back in.]]

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* SealedEvilInACan: Baal, who was sealed in "The Rack" by the {{Precursors}}. The plot of the book has Falcon [[GottaCatchThemAll putting the pieces back together to stuff trap Baal back in.in it once again.]]
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Falcon is a Science Fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson features a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded each book by how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a Close Enough Timeline if everyone dies otherwise.

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Falcon is a Science Fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson features a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded each book by how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a Close Enough Timeline CloseEnoughTimeline if everyone dies otherwise.
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* PhysicalGod: "Cosmic Being" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME use {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]] and other adjectives, but have no true explanation to what Baal is or why.

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* PhysicalGod: "Cosmic Being" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME use {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]] "god-like"]], "Demon-Lord" and other adjectives, but have no true explanation to what Baal is or why.
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* PhysicalGod: "Supervillain" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME use {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]] and other adjectives, but have no true explanation to what Baal is or why.

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* PhysicalGod: "Supervillain" "Cosmic Being" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME use {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]] and other adjectives, but have no true explanation to what Baal is or why.
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* Archenemy: [[spoiler: Yelov, through most of the books.]]

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* Archenemy: {{Archenemy}}: [[spoiler: Yelov, through most of the books.]]
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* TimePolice: TIME, of course.

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* TimePolice: TIME, of course.course.
* TimeTravel: Comes with the job.
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Yes, the Space Federation. Earth shares the universe with several species, and most have agreed that since Time Travel is possible, then having a planet be {{RetGone}}ed would be a bad thing.

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Yes, the Space Federation. Earth shares the universe with several species, and most have agreed that since Time Travel is possible, then having a planet be {{RetGone}}ed {{RetGone}}d would be a bad thing.
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* {{Crossover}}: During TheHomewardJourney through TheMultiverse in the fourth book, one of the dimensions Falcon visits is [[Literature/TheWayOfTheTiger Orb]] and Falcon can even acquire magic talisman that {{No Sell}}s mind control. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Pity it nevers comes up again in later books.]] Maybe it ran out of magic?

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* {{Crossover}}: During TheHomewardJourney through TheMultiverse in the fourth book, one of the dimensions Falcon visits is [[Literature/TheWayOfTheTiger Orb]] and Falcon can even acquire a magic talisman that {{No Sell}}s mind control. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Pity it nevers comes up again in later books.]] Maybe it ran out of magic?
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!!''Way of the Tiger'' provides examples of the following tropes:

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!!''Way of the Tiger'' !!''Falcon'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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1. The Renegade Lord
2. Mechanon
3. The Rack of Baal
4. Lost in Time
5. The Dying Sun
6. At the End of Time

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* 1. The Renegade Lord
* 2. Mechanon
* 3. The Rack of Baal
* 4. Lost in Time
* 5. The Dying Sun
* 6. At the End of Time
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Falcon is a Science Fiction series by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson features a special agent codenamed Falcon who is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] member of the Time Police in the year 3033. You are graded each book by how well you maintain the timeline, or at least a Close Enough Timeline if everyone dies otherwise.

In the year 3033, mankind mostly lives for fun. Few people work, and fewer still have to. One thing very heavily monitored, however, is time; which is run by [[TimePolice TIME]], the [[FunWithAcronyms Temporal Investigative and Monitoring Executive]]; one of the strongest agencies in the [[TheFederation Space Federation.]]

Yes, the Space Federation. Earth shares the universe with several species, and most have agreed that since Time Travel is possible, then having a planet be {{RetGone}}ed would be a bad thing.

There are six books in the series, consisting of:
1. The Renegade Lord
2. Mechanon
3. The Rack of Baal
4. Lost in Time
5. The Dying Sun
6. At the End of Time

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!!''Way of the Tiger'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AbortedArc: In the fourth book, it's revealed that Falcon [[spoiler: got a condition from extended time travel that made him start rapidly aging. Supposedly, he only had 300 days left to live.]] This is never mentioned again in the fifth or sixth books.
* Archenemy: [[spoiler: Yelov, through most of the books.]]
* ArtificialIntelligence: CAIN (Cybernetic Artificial Intelligence Nexus), your onboard color.
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Falcon disobeys orders in the last book to save his best friend; and gets demoted back to agent. He muses he'd rather do this anyways, but there is the AbortedArc of the Aging Disease....]]
* CloseEnoughTimeline: TIME prefers its agents to prevent deviations altogether, but will accept certain compromises.
* {{Crossover}}: During TheHomewardJourney through TheMultiverse in the fourth book, one of the dimensions Falcon visits is [[Literature/TheWayOfTheTiger Orb]] and Falcon can even acquire magic talisman that {{No Sell}}s mind control. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum Pity it nevers comes up again in later books.]] Maybe it ran out of magic?
* DaChief: Yelov, Jobanque, and you in the 5th book.
* PhysicalGod: "Supervillain" Baal, antagonist of the third book. Falcon and TIME use {{Technobabble}} and use quotes around [[SufficientlyAdvanced "god-like"]] and other adjectives, but have no true explanation to what Baal is or why.
* PsychicPowers: All time agents require them, to sense the eddies and flow of the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. In addition, Falcon can use [[MindControl Power Of The Mind]] and [[{{Stunguns}} thinkstrike.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Baal, who was sealed in "The Rack" by the {{Precursors}}. The plot of the book has Falcon [[GottaCatchThemAll putting the pieces back together to stuff Baal back in.]]
* TimeParadox: Usually just [[RetGone erase you from the timeline, and possibly Earth.]]
* TimePolice: TIME, of course.

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