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* TheJailBaitWait: Horribly averted. Because women have such short lifespans, waiting until they're adults to have sex isn't an option.

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%% * AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Happens to the kidnapped women.



%% * AbductionIsLove: Actually seems to work.
%% * BigBad: Vaughn
%% * BittersweetEnding



%% * BrattyHalfPint: Cecily, until CharacterDevelopment kicks in.
%% * TheChewToy: Cecily.
%% * CozyCatastrophe: Sort of; after Rhine is kidnapped, the world is still falling apart, but she's insulated from it all.



%%* DisposableWoman: How all women are treated in the setting.
%% * DistressedDamsel: Rhine and her sister-wives.

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%%* DisposableWoman: How all women are treated in * DesignerBabies: In the setting.
%% * DistressedDamsel: Rhine
backstory, humanity turned to genetic engineering to eliminate diseases and her sister-wives.genetic defects. While it succeeded in creating a generation of perfect children, it also gave rise to the virus currently ravaging the world.



%% * ExtremeDoormat: Linden.
%% * FauxAffablyEvil: Vaughn.
%% * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Cecily and Linden]] in Sever.

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%% * ExtremeDoormat: Linden.
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Linden goes along with all of his father's wishes. He eventually starts to grow out of it after becoming a father himself.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Vaughn.
%% * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Cecily
Vaughn makes a big show of being a gentleman, but it only takes the slightest provocation for him to drop the act and Linden]] in Sever.reveal the rage-fueled madman beneath.



%% * InfantImmortality: Averted to ridiculous levels; kids die more often than adults.
%% * TheJailBaitWait: Horribly averted.
%% * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Rose]] is this to Linden.
%% * LoveTriangle: Rhine with Gabriel and Linden.
%% * MadScientist: Vaughn seems to be one.
%% * MadScientistLaboratory: There's one beneath the house.

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%% * InfantImmortality: Averted to ridiculous levels; kids die more often than adults.
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* TheJailBaitWait: Horribly averted.
%% * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Rose]] is this
averted. Because women have such short lifespans, waiting until they're adults to Linden.
%% * LoveTriangle: Rhine with Gabriel and Linden.
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have sex isn't an option.
* MadScientist: Vaughn seems to be one.
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one. [[spoiler:It turns out he's been chopping up dead bodies in an attempt to find a cure to the virus.]]
* MadScientistLaboratory: There's one beneath the house.house where [[spoiler:Vaughn conducts his experiments in an attempt to find a cure to the virus]].



%% * MaritalRapeLicense: Weirdly, seems to be a Type B.



%% * TeenPregnancy: Cecily
%% * TookALevelInBadass:
%% ** Cecily [[spoiler:who shoots Vaughn near the end of the series.]].
%% ** To a lesser extent, Linden, who stands up to his father where his (Linden's) son Bowen is concerned.
%% * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Vaughn]] is revealed to be one in ''Sever'', in regards to both [[spoiler:his son and the virus]].

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%% * TeenPregnancy: Cecily
%% * TookALevelInBadass:
%% ** Cecily [[spoiler:who shoots Vaughn near
Because women die at age 20, this is the end of the series.]].
%% ** To a lesser extent, Linden, who stands up
only way for them to his father where his (Linden's) son Bowen is concerned.
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have children.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Vaughn]] [[spoiler:Vaughn actually wants to cure the virus affecting humanity, but his method of doing it is revealed to be one in ''Sever'', in regards to both [[spoiler:his pretty nasty. He also genuinely loves his son and the virus]].thinks that his iron-handed parenting style will make Linden into a better person.]]

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** The book can't seem to decide if the cause for the DepopulationBomb is a virus or genetic engineering, which are two very different things.\\
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Furthermore, the nice thing about genetic engineering is that it's almost always reversible, since there's always a copy of the original genome floating around somewhere. It would be easy for the geneticists to reverse the changes after people started dying.

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** The book can't seem to decide if the cause for the DepopulationBomb is a virus or genetic engineering, which are two very different things.\\
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Furthermore, the nice thing about genetic engineering is that it's almost always reversible, since there's always a copy of the original genome floating around somewhere. It would be easy for the geneticists to reverse the changes after people started dying.

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\\Furthermore, the nice thing about genetic engineering is that it's almost always reversible, since there's always a copy of the original genome floating around somewhere. It would be easy for the geneticists to reverse the changes after people started dying.

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\\Furthermore, \\
Furthermore,
the nice thing about genetic engineering is that it's almost always reversible, since there's always a copy of the original genome floating around somewhere. It would be easy for the geneticists to reverse the changes after people started dying.
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\\ Furthermore, the nice thing about genetic engineering is that it's almost always reversible, since there's always a copy of the original genome floating around somewhere. It would be easy for the geneticists to reverse the changes after people started dying.

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\\ Furthermore, \\Furthermore, the nice thing about genetic engineering is that it's almost always reversible, since there's always a copy of the original genome floating around somewhere. It would be easy for the geneticists to reverse the changes after people started dying.

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* AbusiveParents: Vaughn towards Linden, who he emotionally controls to an extremely unhealthy extent. [[spoiler: Sever makes it clear that ultimately, he really does love his son deeply, and the abuse is well-intentioned, but it doesn't excuse his actions.]]

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* AbusiveParents: Vaughn towards Linden, who he emotionally controls to an extremely unhealthy extent. [[spoiler: Sever [[spoiler:''Sever'' makes it clear that ultimately, he really does love his son deeply, and the abuse is well-intentioned, but it doesn't excuse his actions.]]actions]].



** The book can't seem to decide if the cause for the DepopulationBomb is a virus or genetic engineering, which are two very different things.
*** Furthermore, the nice thing about genetic engineering is that it's almost always reversible, since there's always a copy of the original genome floating around somewhere. It would be easy for the geneticists to reverse the changes after people started dying.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Apparently, among other things, WorldWarThree caused the ice caps to melt and now everything but America is underwater. However, Manhattan and America's coastline are somehow completely fine. Furthermore, all of the countries and continents are rubble, destroyed during the war. Rhine mentions that all that's left are tiny uninhabitable islands and the continent of North America. All of this destruction has absolutely no ill effects on the ecosystem, weather, sea level, or anything else in America. [[spoiler: Sever hints at this not being entirely true, however.]]

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** The book can't seem to decide if the cause for the DepopulationBomb is a virus or genetic engineering, which are two very different things.
***
things.\\
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Furthermore, the nice thing about genetic engineering is that it's almost always reversible, since there's always a copy of the original genome floating around somewhere. It would be easy for the geneticists to reverse the changes after people started dying.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: ArtisticLicenseGeography:
**
Apparently, among other things, WorldWarThree caused the ice caps to melt and now everything but America is underwater. However, Manhattan and America's coastline are somehow completely fine. Furthermore, all of the countries and continents are rubble, destroyed during the war. Rhine mentions that all that's left are tiny uninhabitable islands and the continent of North America. All of this destruction has absolutely no ill effects on the ecosystem, weather, sea level, or anything else in America. [[spoiler: Sever [[spoiler:''Sever'' hints at this not being entirely true, however.]]however]].



** WritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Rhine mentions that the remains of the destroyed areas are so small they can't be seen by satellite. Satellites can actually see ''really'' small things -- sandbars, for example.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Happens to the kidnapped women.

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** WritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Rhine mentions that the remains of the destroyed areas are so small they can't be seen by satellite. Satellites can actually see ''really'' small things -- sandbars, for example.

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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Happens to the kidnapped women.



* AbductionIsLove: Actually seems to work.
* BigBad: Vaughn
* BittersweetEnding

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%% * AbductionIsLove: Actually seems to work.
%% * BigBad: Vaughn
%% * BittersweetEnding



* BrattyHalfPint: Cecily, until CharacterDevelopment kicks in.
* TheChewToy: Cecily.
* CozyCatastrophe: Sort of; after Rhine is kidnapped, the world is still falling apart, but she's insulated from it all.
* CreatorProvincialism: Extreme example; everywhere except America has been destroyed offstage. [[spoiler: Sever suggests this might not be entirely true, though.]]
* DisposableWoman: How all women are treated in the setting.
* DistressedDamsel: Rhine and her sister-wives.

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%% * BrattyHalfPint: Cecily, until CharacterDevelopment kicks in.
%% * TheChewToy: Cecily.
%% * CozyCatastrophe: Sort of; after Rhine is kidnapped, the world is still falling apart, but she's insulated from it all.
* CreatorProvincialism: Extreme example; everywhere except America has been destroyed offstage. [[spoiler: Sever [[spoiler:''Sever'' suggests this might not be entirely true, though.]]
*
though]].
%%*
DisposableWoman: How all women are treated in the setting.
%% * DistressedDamsel: Rhine and her sister-wives.



* ExtremeDoormat: Linden.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Vaughn.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Cecily and Linden]] in Sever.

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%% * ExtremeDoormat: Linden.
%% * FauxAffablyEvil: Vaughn.
%% * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Cecily and Linden]] in Sever.



* InfantImmortality: Averted to ridiculous levels; kids die more often than adults.
* TheJailBaitWait: Horribly averted.
* [[LetsPlay Let's Read]]: One for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Wither Wither,]]'' one for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Fever Fever,]]'' and one for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Sever Sever.]]''
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Rose]] is this to Linden.
* LoveTriangle: Rhine with Gabriel and Linden, sort of.
* MadScientist: Vaughn seems to be one.
* MadScientistLaboratory: There's one beneath the house.

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%% * InfantImmortality: Averted to ridiculous levels; kids die more often than adults.
%% * TheJailBaitWait: Horribly averted.
* [[LetsPlay Let's Read]]: One for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Wither Wither,]]'' one for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Fever Fever,]]'' and one for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Sever Sever.]]''
%% * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Rose]] is this to Linden.
%% * LoveTriangle: Rhine with Gabriel and Linden, sort of.
Linden.
%%
* MadScientist: Vaughn seems to be one.
%% * MadScientistLaboratory: There's one beneath the house.



* MaritalRapeLicense: Weirdly, seems to be a Type B.
* NoTranshumanismAllowed: Genetic enhancement is causing the extinction of the human race.

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%% * MaritalRapeLicense: Weirdly, seems to be a Type B.
* NoTranshumanismAllowed: Genetic enhancement is causing the extinction of the human race.
B.



* OnlyFatalToAdults: The disease that plagues Rhine's generation.
* TooDumbToLive: The Gathers, and arguably the society in general. All the women in this world drop dead at the age of 20, and all the men at the age of 25. Rather than keeping every woman alive for as long as possible so they can reproduce and keep the human species from going extinct, the Gatherers, for some obscure reason, kidnap as many young women as possible and then kill all those who aren't chosen as brides for their employers.
* TeenPregnancy: Cecily
* TookALevelInBadass: Cecily [[spoiler: who shoots Vaughn near the end of the series.]].
** To a lesser extent, Linden, who stands up to his father where his (Linden's) son Bowen is concerned.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Vaughn]] is revealed to be one in Sever, in regards to both [[spoiler:his son and the virus]].

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* OnlyFatalToAdults: The disease that plagues Rhine's generation.
* TooDumbToLive:
generation. The Gathers, and arguably the society in general. All the women in this world drop dead all die at the age of 20, twenty, and all the men all die at the age of 25. Rather than keeping every woman alive for as long as possible so they can reproduce and keep the human species from going extinct, the Gatherers, for some obscure reason, kidnap as many young women as possible and then kill all those who aren't chosen as brides for their employers.
twenty-five.
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* TeenPregnancy: Cecily
%% * TookALevelInBadass: TookALevelInBadass:
%% **
Cecily [[spoiler: who [[spoiler:who shoots Vaughn near the end of the series.]].
%% ** To a lesser extent, Linden, who stands up to his father where his (Linden's) son Bowen is concerned.
%% * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Vaughn]] is revealed to be one in Sever, ''Sever'', in regards to both [[spoiler:his son and the virus]].
* WritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Rhine mentions that the remains of the destroyed areas are so small they can't be seen by satellite. Satellites can actually see ''really'' small things -- sandbars, for example.
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* [[LetsPlay Let's Read]]: One for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Wither Wither]]'' and one for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Fever Fever.]]''

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* [[LetsPlay Let's Read]]: One for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Wither Wither]]'' and Wither,]]'' one for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Fever Fever.Fever,]]'' and one for ''[[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Sever Sever.]]''

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