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      Chaser of Ghosts: A Novel

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      Date
      2019-10-18
      Author
      Wymore, Jennifer Elizabeth 1990-
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Chaser of Ghosts is a speculative novel. The story is set in Octopolis, Moscow Division, year 2115, and explores family, prejudice, and greed. During a routine campaign press conference, Nika Niles thwarts an assassination attempt on her mother’s life. Her mother thinks she will be safer with her father, so Nika travels with a retired black ops agent to visit her father’s geology lab, where not all is as it seems. Nika learns a life-changing secret about her family and a confirmed bachelor struggles to help her accept the truth, her identity, and the role of those who have lied to hide the past. Meanwhile, Nika’s mother, Kristian, is trying to stay alive. The state struggles to uncover the identity of Kristian’s enemy, who sends taunting, psychological threats. The violence against the citizens escalates. When evidence suggests that a business mogul is orchestrating assassination attempts and civilian massacres, the Niles and Evanovich families, along with their closest allies, must decide who to trust. After Kristian and a little boy are kidnapped, the two families receive unexpected help in their efforts to find the captives and defeat the mastermind before time runs out.
      Degree
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
      Department
      English
      Program
      Writing
      Supervisor
      Lynes, Jeanette
      Committee
      Banco, Lindsey; Flynn, Kevin; Alward, Peter
      Copyright Date
      October 2019
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12413
      Subject
      speculative fiction
      science fiction
      politics
      assassination
      dystopia
      future history
      plausible scientific advancements
      futuristic
      biotechnology
      humanoids
      family
      multiple narrators
      two narrative tenses
      soft sf
      people of difference
      asexuality
      asociality
      autism
      inhumane experimentation
      terrorism
      strong women
      strong men
      hybrid YA and Adult classification
      genetics
      DNA
      greed
      love
      AI
      corporations
      governance
      empowerment
      poverty
      black operatives
      Moscow Division
      CLAM
      MAGESTICRISPR
      PTSD
      psychological warfare
      academics
      politicians
      posthumanism
      agential realism
      biocentrism
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