The God Engines (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Captain Tephe: Captain of the Righteous
• The god of the Righteous: The Defiled god who serves as the engine for the ship Righteous.
• Priest Andso: Priest of the Righteous.
• Parishioner Forn: The first mate upon the Righteous
• Parishioner Ysta: The Gavril upon the Righteous
• Shalle Thew: The head Rook upon the Righteous
• Bishop Major Chawk: A bishop of the Bishopry Militant.
• Bishop Stei Ero: The Bishopry's Vicar of Archives
• the Speaker: The sole bishop who speaks directly to The Lord
• Headman Tscha: Leader of the Cthicx.
• Drian: Add a description of this character.
• Kon Eric
• Issa
• Garder
• Thew Stur
• Tschanu
• Rook Shalle
• Lade

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• “Every thing we do is for the glory of Our Lord”

  Ean Tephe

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• The Righteous: The main ship of the novella, captained by Captain Ean Tephe.
• Bishop's Call: The apparent main settlement of mankind and home of the Bishopry Militant.
• Cthicx

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• Bishopry Militant: The religious leaders of mankind who both leader faith in The Lord and lead His armies.
• Bishop's Men: Warrior acolytes and bodyguards of the bishops.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Defiled: A god that has been enslaved and is subservient to The Lord. Denotes a subservient position to The Lord.
• Talent: "A thing gods give followers to channel their grace, so the followers may use that grace to their own ends." Totems that carry rank and weight to them, which have unique and different powers granted by a god. Talents to enslaved gods are inactive, and a god may only use his own Talents.
• Gavril: One of the many Talents, which allows for the bearer to communicate across the universe and to translate to and from foreign speech.
• Rook: A courtesan who is given his or her position and responsibilities by the commentaries of The Lord.
• The commentaries: The holy texts of The Lord.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Faith: Describe this theme.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. John Scalzi (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• Nebula (Finalist, 2009: Novella)
• Hugo Award (Finalist, 2010: Novella)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Between the dark nature of the book, the overall presence of sexual references (and the brief scene early on), and the plethora of gore, this is definitely not meant for non-adult audiences.

Subjects edit see section history

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