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''Night of the Crabs'' is the first book in Creator/GuyNSmith's "''Crabs''" series. It was followed by numerous sequels and even a prequel. It tells the story of the world under attack by gigantic killer crabs from the sea. Recently divorced Pat Benson meets marine biologist Professor Cliff Davenport, who has come to the remote Shell Island off the coast of Wales to search for his missing nephew Ian and Ian's fiancée Julie. The two had gone for a swim and promptly disappeared. It turns out, of course, that giant killer crabs are to blame!
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!!Tropes used in this novel:
* TheAce: Cliff Davenport.
* TheAlcoholic: Colonel Goode, the military officer assigned to destroy the crabs.
* ClosedCircle: Shell Island, being an island and all.
* GiantEnemyCrab: This is basically "GiantEnemyCrab: The Novel."
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Colonel Goode's default reaction.
* ImmuneToBullets: The crabs. Their hard shells make them impervious to regular small arms fire. And pretty much everything [[TanksButNoTanks else]], too.
* KingMook: The aptly-named "King Crab," the largest of the already gigantic crabs. His smaller brethren are no slouches, but he's the biggest.
* LackOfEmpathy: Goode. Of the missing swimmers, he sneers, "People want to learn to swim before they start buggering about in the water. Bring back conscription, I say. Teach 'em all to swim!"
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The military on the island, and Colonel Goode in particular. Despite being personally assigned to assist Cliff in destroying the crabs by a knighted member of Whitehall, he [[AgentScully doesn't believe]] the crabs exist and actually hampers the mission more than assists it.
* RedHerring: The military. At first it seems as though they may be responsible for the crabs, but it turns out they're just concerned Cliff and Pat are spies sent to find out about their top secret experimental pilotless plane.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: When Cliff is captured by the military and suspected of spying, it turns out he's on good terms with a Sir Ronald Bradley at Whitehall. If he were a regular civilian ''without'' a direct line to a knighted politician, he'd probably be in big trouble.
* TanksButNoTanks: The crabs are (of course!) impervious to direct fire from tanks.
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!!Tropes used in this novel:
* TheAce: Cliff Davenport.
* TheAlcoholic: Colonel Goode, the military officer assigned to destroy the crabs.
* ClosedCircle: Shell Island, being an island and all.
* GiantEnemyCrab: This is basically "GiantEnemyCrab: The Novel."
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Colonel Goode's default reaction.
* ImmuneToBullets: The crabs. Their hard shells make them impervious to regular small arms fire. And pretty much everything [[TanksButNoTanks else]], too.
* KingMook: The aptly-named "King Crab," the largest of the already gigantic crabs. His smaller brethren are no slouches, but he's the biggest.
* LackOfEmpathy: Goode. Of the missing swimmers, he sneers, "People want to learn to swim before they start buggering about in the water. Bring back conscription, I say. Teach 'em all to swim!"
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The military on the island, and Colonel Goode in particular. Despite being personally assigned to assist Cliff in destroying the crabs by a knighted member of Whitehall, he [[AgentScully doesn't believe]] the crabs exist and actually hampers the mission more than assists it.
* RedHerring: The military. At first it seems as though they may be responsible for the crabs, but it turns out they're just concerned Cliff and Pat are spies sent to find out about their top secret experimental pilotless plane.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: When Cliff is captured by the military and suspected of spying, it turns out he's on good terms with a Sir Ronald Bradley at Whitehall. If he were a regular civilian ''without'' a direct line to a knighted politician, he'd probably be in big trouble.
* TanksButNoTanks: The crabs are (of course!) impervious to direct fire from tanks.
