Ash: A Secret History: Difference between revisions

It can also be found [[Divided for Publication]] in four volumes in U.S. paperback printing: ''A Secret History'', ''Carthage Ascendant'', ''The Wild Machines'', and ''Lost Burgundy''.

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* [[Action Girl]]: Go ahead, take a rough guess.

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Ash has facial scars inflicted by her rapists when she was a child, but they are described as non-disfiguring, even making her look more impressive.

* [[Hearing Voices]]: Since puberty, Ash hears a voice in her head telling her which tactics to use to win battles. She thinks it's the voice of God. {{spoiler|It turns out to be the voice of a Carthaginian war computer that she has been specifically bred to hear.}}

* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: the book is supposedly what Pierce Ratcliff, the historian who's piecing together Ash's history or legend, is writing for publication. Interspersed in the work are snippets of Ratcliff's private notes and correspondence with his editor.

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Ash's mercenary company, made of soldiers from all over Europe.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Gentle completed a master's degree in war studies as research for the book, and it shows.

* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: {{spoiler|Florian/Floria}}

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