History Literature / ScavengerAlliance

** In ''Earth Girl'', Lecturer Playdon mentioned "one massive fire that raged for two months" in New York during Exodus Century. The Alliance should probably clear out before then...

** Tad [[spoiler:is webbed. This means he has technology in his brain that allows him to use the data net with his ''thoughts.'' As the ability to build and maintain this technology was supposedly [[LostTechnology:lost a generation ago]], this raises questions.]]
** Why is [[spoiler:Tad webbed]]? Because [[spoiler:he's Thaddeus Wallam-Crane the Eighth, descended from the inventor of portal technology and, basically, natural enemy to everyone in the Resisitance.]]

** Tad [[spoiler:is webbed. This means he has technology in his brain that allows him to use the data net with his ''thoughts.'' As the ability to build and maintain this technology was supposedly lost a generation ago, this raises questions.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tad recruited Phoenix and Braden for his expedition to Earth and then Beta sector, but his mistake cost them their transport and stranded them in New York. Because of this, they're vulnerable to both the Alliance and the winter fever, and Tad feels horrible that his decisions have endangered their lives. He and Blaze head out to an abandoned storage facility for medicine partly in case the offworlders come down with winter fever. [[spoiler:they do. Tad and Phoenix almost die from the disease, and the medicine is what saves them.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Braden may be the gentlest soul in any sector of inhabited space. A pilot/ cleaner hoping to retrain as a nurse, he's an ActualPacifist who wouldn't harm a living soul even to save his own life. He's also going through hell to reach Beta sector and take care of his orphaned nieces and nephews and [[spoiler:''beat Shark to Death'' when he tried to kill Phoenix.]]

* BrokenPedestal: Blaze worshipped her big brother Seamus. But when he blames their father Donnell for their mother's death, and makes a deal with offworlders to get places in a colony world for him and Blaze, she calls him a traitor and refuses to leave with him. And that's before she finds out he bombed the portal relay system, trapping the Alliance in the ruins of New York.

''Scavenger Alliance'' is a 2017 YoungAdult ScienceFiction novel written by Janet Edwards. It is the first of a prequel series set in the same universe as ''Earth Girl'', taking place in 2408 during the Exodus Century and starring Blaze Donnelly, a distant ancestor of Jarra's. The second book, Scavenger Blood, was released in 2019 and a third book is planned.

* FireForgedFriends: Wall has a definite StayInTheKitchen mentality and has opposed female officers for years, but Blaze wins his support in becoming deputy leader, first by calling general justice against Cage (which Wall, as Cage's division leader, couldn't).

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: In ''Scavenger Blood'', [[spoiler:Rogue is killed in the first few chapters, leaving a heartbroken Raeni to havehis child while leading Queen's Island division.]]

* WasItAllALie: Blaze wonders about this after Hannah's many betrayals come to light. She concludes that the friendship was real when they were children, but after Hannah and her mother were thrown out of London, Hannah just got used to seeing Blaze as a resource.

* BrokenPedastal: Blaze worshipped her big brother Seamus. But when he blames their father Donnell for their mother's death, and makes a deal with offworlders to get places in a colony world for him and Blaze, she calls him a traitor and refuses to leave with him. And that's before she finds out he bombed the portal relay system, trapping the Alliance in the ruins of New York.

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:When Blaze and Tad admit their feelings for each other, Blaze points out that they are both literally and figuratively from different worlds. They do start a relationship, but among many other problems it has to be kept secret. The Alliance would ''not'' be thrilled about an off worlder coming along and stealing their women...]]

* ColdEquation: ''Scavenger Blood'' reveals [[spoiler:Cage and his followers' plan to escape the coming firestorm: to leave behind "burdens" like the sick, injured, elderly and small children, allowing them to move faster and saving all the supplies for themselves. They also plan to kill any of the able-bodied who aren't on board. The fact that Hannah is on board with this is the final straw that pushes Blaze to lock her away with the others.]]

** Even more blatant early in ''Scavenger Blood'', [[spoiler:when Hannah knows that Blaze has to go and help find a missing hunting party, but still thinks she should stop and listen to Hannah's whining about her self-inflicted problems first.]]

** ''Scavenger Blood'' reveals this to be a family trait: [[spoiler:after Hannah's father challenged Ice to a knife fight for leadership of the London gang, and lost, one of his wounds got infected and he died. Hannah and her mother were thrown out of the gang for spreading rumours that Ice poisoned his knife.]]

* ColdEquation: ''Scavenger Blood'' reveals [[spoiler:Cage and his followers' plan to escape the coming firestorm: to leave behind "burdens" like the sick, injured, elderly and small children, saving all the supplies for themselves. They also plan to kill any of the able-bodied who aren't on board. The fact that Hannah is on board with this is the final straw that pushes Blaze to lock her away with the others.]]

* CassanovaWannabe: Luther assumes Blaze will accept his offer of marriage, despite making it clear that he's only interested in marrying her because he assumes that marrying Donnell's daughter will get him the position as Deputy. He treats the marriage as a done deal, based on a crush Blaze had on him a couple of years earlier. He finally backs off when Blaze threatens to paint her refusal on the wall of Reception in large letters for the whole Alliance to see.
* ItsAllAboutMe: This and NeverMyFault are Hannah's mantra.

* Cassanova Wannabe: Luther assumes Blaze will accept his offer of marriage, despite making it clear that he's only interested in marrying her because he assumes that marrying Donnell's daughter will get him the position as Deputy. He treats the marriage as a done deal, based on a crush Blaze had on him a couple of years earlier. He finally backs off when Blaze threatens to paint her refusal on the wall of Reception in large letters for the whole Alliance to see.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Tad is this to Cage's plans to use Blaze's broken arm to derail Donnell's rule. Cage plans to accuse Donnell of making Blaze an officer while hiding that she has a "useless" arm and is therefore a burden. In fact, her arm is still twinging but basically recovered from breaking it months earlier. To cover this, Cage ''breaks her arm again'', planning to claim it's been useless all along, with Hannah lying that she's been covering for Blaze. However, Tad [[spoiler:uses his webbing technology to contact a doctor who walks him through healing Blaze's broken arm like new.]] [[spoiler:So when Cage makes his move, Blaze is able to turn his and Hannah's accusations around on them, calling general justice on Cage, allowing the people he's indimidated for years a chance to rally and finally breaking his reign of terror.]] [[spoiler:This results in Blaze getting the position as Donnell's Deputy That Cage originally wanted.]]

''Scavenger Alliance'' is a 2017 YoungAdult ScienceFiction novel written by Janet Edwards. It is the first of a prequel series set in the same universe as ''Literature/Earth Girl'', taking place in 2408 during the Exodus Century and starring Blaze Donnelly, a distant ancestor of Jarra's. The second book, Scavenger Blood, was released in 2019 and a third book is planned.

''Scavenger Alliance'' is a 2017 YoungAdult ScienceFiction novel written by Janet Edwards. It is the first of a prequel series set in the same universe as ''Earth Girl'', taking place in 2408 during the Exodus Century and starring Blaze Donnelly, a distant ancestor of Jarra's. The second book, Scavenger Blood, was released in 2019 and a third book is planned.

* It'sAllAboutMe: This and NeverMyFault are Hannah's mantra.

* NeverMyFault: This and It'sAllAboutMe are Hannah's mantra. [[spoiler:It's not Hannah's fault she stole medicine and lied about it: Cage made her! It's not her fault she lied to Blaze about literally everything for the next six years and chased away everyone else who tried to befriend her! And then lied to everyone else about Blaze so Cage could use her in his takeover bid! And then helped Cage corner her so he could ''break her arm''! It's all Blaze's fault, if you think about it.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:when Blaze and Tad admit their feelings for each other, Blaze points out that they are both literally and figuratively from different worlds. They do start a relationship, but among many other problems it has to be kept secret. The Alliance would ''not'' be thrilled about an off worlder coming along and stealing their women...]]

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:when Blaze and Tad admit their feelings for each other, Blaze points out that they are both literally and figuratively from different worlds. They do start a relationship, but among many other problems it has to be kept secret.]]

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''Scavenger Alliance'' is a 2017 YoungAdult ScienceFiction novel written by Janet Edwards. It is the first of a prequel series set in the same universe as ''Earth Girl'', taking place in 2408 during the Exodus Century and starring Blaze Donnelly, a distant ancestor of Jarra's. The second book, Scavenger Blood, was released in 2019 and a third book is planned.

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''Scavenger Alliance'' is a 2017 YoungAdult ScienceFiction novel written by Janet Edwards. It is the first of a prequel series set in the same universe as ''Earth Girl'', taking place in 2408 during the Exodus Century and starring Blaze Donnelly, a distant ancestor of Jarra's.

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''Earth Girl'' is a 2012 YoungAdult ScienceFiction novel written by Janet Edwards.