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A character driven space opera by Karin Lowachee. The series as of today consists of three books:
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Oh, and there are more than a fair amount of gay and bisexual characters, mostly men. Very good-looking, angsty men. But [[Yaoi Fangirl|no one]] would read a series just for that, right?
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* [[A Father to His Men]]: Captain Azarcon
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Averted, the strivs have their own language and culture, the latter based loosely on Far Eastern traditions.
* [[
* [[Am I Just a Toy
* [[Asexuality]]: Jos claims this as his true orientation, likely as a result of his abuse at Falcone's hands. But there are some definite feelings for Evan there...
** Jos, who only lets Niko touch him? He is mostly shocked at how Evan behaves now. As far as the novels go, Jos is too traumatized to do anything with anyone.
* [[Badass Army]]: The ''Macedon'' is notorious for its tough crew.
* [[Bishonen]]: virtually every male character, but especially Jos, Yuri, Ryan, and Captain Azarcon. It's stated that Falcone specifically chose beautiful boys as his protégés.
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Ryan's grandfather, Admiral Ashrafi, assigns a Marine as his bodyguard. Sid, said Marine, then falls for Ryan's mother.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Oh dear, where do we start.
* [[Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest]]: Ever since Yuri started to care about Finch, he didn't do anything to him.
* [[The Captain]]: Captain Cairo Azarcon.
* [[Celebrity Is Overrated]]: Played straight before being subverted {{spoiler|Ryan doesn't like his fame, his paparazzi, nor the people who attempt against him because of his status as Azarcon's son. By the end of the book, he's using his popularity for a good cause}}
* [[Character Development]]: Think of the book as a [[Coming of Age Story]] during war time. [[Recycled in Space|In space!]]
* [[Child Soldiers]]: Jos, Evan, Yuri, and most of the jets on Macedon as well as the pirates started as this. Because of the [[Darker and Edgier|tone]] of the series, expect this to be played for tragedy
* [[Cold
* [[Cool Starship]]: Macedon
* [[Culture Clash]]: between EarthHub and the strivs. Interestingly, the aliens didn't have FTL space travel until we showed up on their moon (turning humans into the alien invaders). They had just managed to build a rocket from their planet to a nearby moon. Human symps gave the aliens designs for starships when it became clear the other humans were planning on wiping the aliens out to use their resources.
* [[Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: Yes, but try telling that to Ryan...
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Everyone got one.
* [[Deep
* [[Defusing the Tykebomb]]: Admiral Ashrafi manages to straighten Cairo Azarcon out...mostly.
* [[Double Entendre]]: The jets' speech is full of this. Dorr seems to do it the most; in fact, he's almost a [[Handsome Lech]], though he [[Ho Yay|mostly flirts with guys.]]
* [[Dysfunctional Family]]: the Azarcon family, crossing into [[Big Screwed
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]
* [[Enemy Mine]]: {{spoiler|Azarcon and Niko team up to rescue hostages}}
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Yuri's vileness and evil deeds can (largely) be traced back to his training and abuse at Falcone's hands. However, Cairo and Jos both suffered similar abuse by the same man, and they chose to run away from it. Jos even asks Yuri, "Why didn't you run?" So while the abuse might explain Yuri's behavior, it doesn't justify it.
* [[Fridge Horror]]: You think Jos and Yuri have it bad, until Falcone lightly mentions his protégés are better treated than other kids sold as slaves. Later, Evan confirms it. If Yuri was beaten, raped and trained as a prostitute and a killer... just think about what Evan had to went through and we weren't told about.
* [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]]: {{spoiler|Yuri, at the end of Cagebird}}
* [[Going Native]]: Jos in the alien planet.
* [[Good
* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: Yuri says, "It wasn't that bad" as an excuse for him not running away.
* [[Harmful to Minors]]: Pretty much everything that happens in the series to the main characters.
* [[Hates Being Touched]]: Jos, because of the abuse he experienced at Falcone's hands.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: What the Mac crew probably thinks of Jos. Also, Yuri.
* [[Hero
* [[High
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Averted. {{spoiler|Yuri kills his childhood friend when Falcone tells him to because either it'd be him, or both of them, and no [[Take a Third Option|third option]] is presented.}}
* [[Ho Yay]]: Many confirmed pairings. The ones that haven't been confirmed are Evan/Jos (canon one-sided), Evan/Ryan, Ryan/Sid, Dorr/Captain Azarcon, Niko/Jos (squicky but there).
* [[Humanoid Aliens]]: The strivs have the general shape of humans, but also have wings, a thinner build, and an absence of wrinkles or lines in their skin. They're described like statues where someone new the basic shape, but none of the fine details.
* [[Humans Are
** Also, the war started because humans tried to usurp control of the aliens' moon, and would have gone so far as wipe the aliens out completely if several humans hadn't changed sides
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Ryan
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* [[The Internet Is for Porn]]: Subverted, to Ryan's atonishment, when he asks Evan if all the entertainment the Mac crew seeks is pornography.
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Captain Azarcon admits to torturing pirates and war criminals if he needs the information
* [[Left Hanging]]:
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Ryan.
* [[Made a Slave]]: Jos, Evan, {{spoiler|Cairo Azarcon,}} to name a few.
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* [[Military Brat]]: Ryan
* [[Morality Chain]]: Finch to Yuri. Finch doesn't exactly inspire him to be good, but he tries to lessen the damages.
* [[Most Writers Are Human]]: Played with in that half of the first novel is from the POV of an alien sympathizer, and striivirc-na culture comes out looking much better than humans. Future books were planned with Niko and his mother as protagonists, but no word on that.
* [[New Meat]]: Jos is considered a "sprig" when he first joins Macedon's crew, and indeed several of his fellow sprigs die to give him something to angst over. Because of Jos's training at Niko's hands (something the Mac jets obviously don't know about), he's not really [[New Meat]] at all.
* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: Trying to stop the war or sympathizing with the striv point of view immediately earns anyone the label of 'terrorist'.
* [[Not So Different]]: Captain Azarcon and the pirates. {{spoiler|He was trained by Falcone, after all.}}
* [[
* [[Physical Scars, Psychological Scars]]: Yuri's cutting scars serve to illustrate just how broken he is by everything that's happened to him.
* [[Prison Rape]]: Poor Finch.
* [[Protagonist
* [[The Quiet One]]: Jos doesn't say much.
* [[Rape
* [[Red Herring Mole]]: {{spoiler|Evan}}
* [[Revenge]]: the ultimate motive behind {{spoiler|Jos killing Falcone}}
* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]: Dorr.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Falcone was arrested once, but his friends in power got him out.
* [[Shotacon]]: Really uncomfortable, squicky examples. Only Estienne/Yuri doesn't manage to be damn frightening, but it's creepy nonetheless.
* [[Sex Equals Love]]: Subverted oh so much.
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* [[Space Pirates]]: self-explanatory, really. Falcone is the closest thing to a [[Big Bad]] the series has, even after (nay, ''especially'' after) {{spoiler|he dies}}
* [[The Spartan Way]]: Falcone's method of training his protégés. Of course, nobody thought to tell him that murdering his protégé's families and then abusing them might not make them very loyal.
* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: The aliens and [[Space Marine|jets]] unite to fight the [[Space Pirates]].
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]: Subverted. Yuri's first kill made him so happy he had to go and tell his best friend the news.
* [[The Talk]]: Incredibly creepy, since it's Falcone showing Jos porn. And saying people'd like to do that to him. Oh, and Jos was eight at that time.
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* [[Tell Me About My Father]]: Ryan's only met his father four times in his life, and Cairo is known for his stoicism. So upon finding himself on his father's starship, Ryan implores several people to tell him about the captain. Some pass down stories, but those with more intimate knowledge of the captain's secrets tell Ryan the captain will have to confide in him when he's ready
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Yuri and Andreas first meeting, in a certain way.
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* [[Trauma
** Or, [[Alternate Character Interpretation]], Jos was actively avoiding his memories of his time with Falcone because they were too traumatic. Several instances in the books show that he remembers all too well what happened, but just doesn't want to think or tell anyone about it.
* Tykebomb: Falcone's protégés
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Everything is skewed or influenced by the different characters' perceptions of their environment.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Evan/Jos. It's canon one-sided on Evan's part, but Jos is too damaged to try anything, though several scenes make it clear he's considering it.
* [[Welcome Back, Traitor]]: Averted. Jos is seen with suspicion through the entire series.
* [[Well
* [[Yaoi Guys]]: Yuri/Estienne
** Also, Dorr/O'Neil, according to the [[Word of God]]
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* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: Jos is a symp and Yuri, a pirate. They both are considered traitors. It's vital for some plot points that they're to be believed.
* [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters]]
* [[War for Fun
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