Line #13 Literature/HaloRetribution


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3	A novel set in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' universe by Creator/TroyDenning and sequel to the novel ''Literature/HaloLastLight''.
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5	December 2553. Less than a year after the end of the Covenant War, a string of violent incidents continues to threaten the tenuous peace in human-held space, culminating in the assassination of UNSC fleet admiral Graselyn Tuwa and the abduction of her family. It is a provocation so outrageous that the Office of Naval Intelligence must retaliate swiftly and ferociously—but only after its operatives identify her killer and rescue the hostages.
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7	This mission will be the first for homicide-detective-turned-ONI-operative Veta Lopis and her young team of Spartan-[=IIIs=], and something feels wrong from the start. The obvious suspect is an infamous Brute who leads the Keepers of the One Freedom, an ex-Covenant splinter group in fierce opposition to the UNSC. But Lopis and her team soon realize that the truth is much more insidious than they could ever have imagined, and with Fred-104, Kelly-087, and Linda-058 of Blue Team for combat support, they must stop a plan hatched in the bowels of the secret research station Argent Moon—a plan so sinister it could destroy all those still reeling from thirty years of intergalactic conflict….
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10	!!Tropes:
11	* BelligerentSexualTension: Both Veta and Fred display a mix of this as well as {{UST}}.
12	* BigBad: [[spoiler: Intrepid Eye is the mastermind behind everything.]]
13	* {{Blackmail}}: How Intrepid Eye gets her agents to cooperate. [[spoiler: It also allows her to turn them into TheScapegoat.]]
14	* ButtMonkey: Castor, despite being the leader of the Keepers of the One Freedom, is constantly being beaten up or misled by others.
15	* ContinuityNod: The Banished from ''VideoGame/HaloWars2'' are mentioned and the Keeper's fear of them is a minor plot point.
16	* DirtyCoward: Arno Castille proves to be one of these when [[spoiler: the Spartans and Veta]] get the drop on him.
17	* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler: Intrepid Eye is a glorified groundskeeper robot and she's running rings around ONI and the UNSC. At the end of the book, no one is aware she's manipulating events.]]
18	* TheDreaded: The Spartans are this to the criminal underworld. So much so a plan is derailed due to the fact the criminals are willing to turn over undercover ONI agents to them rather than fight or run.
19	* FantasticRacism: Intrepid Eye truly despises humans and wishes they weren't the Reclaimers. However, as they ARE the Reclaimers, she has to figure out ways of making them worthy of the Mantle of Repsonsibility.
20	* GoingNative: Veta has adopted far quicker to ONI's service than she ever expected. They've even provided her a suit of modified Spartan armor.
21	* LotusEaterMachine: A DownplayedTrope example is the Sanctuary of the Keepers. It is a Forerunner location which projects a field of tranquility. This was apparently a place criminals were sent to regain their sense of calm. Intrepid Eye hopes to use it to make humanity a more deserving species.
22	* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Intrepid Eye is revealed to be spoiler: the power behind Dark Moon and the biological weapon that's the heart of the story.]]
23	* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Intrepid Eye plays everyone like a fiddle. Even though she fails this time, she's nowhere near beaten.]]
24	* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Dark Moon is a private security firm which is powerful enough to challenge ONI and carry out its own paramilitary operations. [[spoiler: It was created by Intrepid Eye using her hidden computer connections.]]
25	* RevealingCoverup: ONI never would have suspected anything if not for the Tuwas being kidnapped.
26	* ShootTheDog: Veta discovers some Gao citizens being held prisoner by the Keepers. She is forced to abandon them in order to carry out her mission.
27	* TheSocialDarwinist: Intrepid Eye believes humanity needs to be purged of the weak and immoral to make them worthy of the Mantle of Responsibility. [[spoiler: She plans to do this using a biological weapon our heroes destroy.]]
28	* TeamMom: Even more so than the first book, Veta has adopted this attitude toward the Ferrets.
29	* WorthyOpponent: Veta Lopis is judged to be this by [[spoiler: Intrepid Eye.]]
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