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Useful Idiots

Jan Mark (2004)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.37
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathViolence

Positive tags

AdventureMysterySelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Scholar / AcademicFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Tropes

Fish out of WaterFound FamilyNon-Western SettingQuestReluctant Hero

Themes

IdentityCultural ClashDiscoveryColonialismIndigenous Rights

Synopsis

In 2255, a graduate student named Merrick unwittingly finds himself thrown into an extraordinary adventure in the Reserve where the Aboriginals live after a violent storm across the North Sea reveals a human skull.

Tags

AdventureMysteryAnthropological SFSpeculative Fiction