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No, this book is not an allegory because the characters and setting don't tie into anything historically. No situations in this book reflect human issues either.

Tara runs away from Barsoom due to a man making a move on her. She is captured by the Kaldanes due to a storm. She escapes with one of the people, renamed Turan, from her home who went after her. She, Ghek the Kaldane, and Turan are captured. Tara is then used as a prize for a fight in an arena, while Ghek and Turan await their fates.

When Tara and her comrade are captured by U-dor, her comrade offers to fight for freedom, but she tells him that "it is brave, but it is useless" (808).

The mood up to this point feels ominous. When Thuvia went missing due to an opposing Duke, Carthoris went after her. The dangers he passes through and the imminence of a fight between Carthoris and the Duke makes me feel an ominous feeling.

The inciting incident that drew the main character into the novel was when he began searching for someone he lost. It lead him to many other places that tied into the story and caused many side-conflicts. It started with exposition on what happened before he left on the hunt and continued into rising action. These stories are still rather interesting, but it's getting very repetitive.

The setting of this book is on Mars, "Barsoom" according to the aliens. It takes place on many places on Mars, but mostly the Therns' fortress, a forest, and the home of the Black Pirates. The forest is full of living plants and shows up at the beginning only. It then moves to the fortress. The fortress is impenetrable and, like the home of the Black Pirates, is home to self-proclaimed gods. This book was great!

The main character in this book faces both internal and external problems. He faces the internal problem of why his friend disappeared and whether or not he could have prevented it. He also faces the external problem of Gravedigger and the demon Damon, who is trying to kill him. The character might learn to trust himself and others from these problems. The book was thrilling!

Marshall Seaver seems to be the main protagonist in this book. I like the fact that Marshall created the main antagonist in the series. It's interesting to see a antagonist inadvertently created by the protagonist. I do not, however, like how weird and immature Marshall is. He seems way too childish in his ways. The book seems interesting so far.

Michael sets up a settlement by a lake. However, everything begins to fall apart when Gaia, the embodiment of the gaiaphage, attacks. She goes on a killing spree with the adults on the outside watching, but Caine sacrifices himself to stop her. The characters have grown and matured throughout the series, and they seem to become adults in this book.

In the aftermath of all that has happened, it is discovered that Hunter has a parasite. Zil and Caine team up, and the parasites are soon discovered to be servants of the gaiaphage. Drake leads an army to Perdido Beach, but is defeated by the combined effort of Sam and his friends. "Only Petey could have done it." - This shows how powerful Little Pete is, and that size doesn't matter.

Sam discovers that Orsay and her helper Nerezza are telling the kids to leave the FAYZ. He tries to stop her, but then discovers Drake is alive. The Human Group begins to stir up the FAYZ until a faceoff between Sam and Drake stops them. Mary tries to kill herself and the kids, but only manages to kill herself. With Drake captured, everything returns to normal. How did Drake survive? What will happen to the HG?

Sam takes over as mayor of Perdido Beach, but begins to feel the stress. Caine decides to shut down the power, and kidnaps Jack to do so. When Drake goes on a rampage and kills Diana, Caine kills Drake by hitting him with a rod of uranium. Caine, Sam, and the others then go and destroy the Darkness. I think that the Darkness will somehow return and find a new form to take.

Sam, Quinn, and Astrid live in a town on an island. Suddenly, everyone over 15 disappears, sending the kids into chaos. After finding Astrid´s brother, Petey, the kids from the other school came and took over, led by Caine. Once again, the town falls apart asa darkness awakens and Caine attacks. However, Sam defeats Caine and sends him off. Sam demonstrates bravery when he fights Caine to save everyone.

Sam, Quinn, and Astrid live in a town on an island. Suddenly, everyone over 15 disappears, sending the kids into chaos. After finding Astrid´s brother, Petey, the kids from the other school came and took over, led by Caine. Once again, the town falls apart as a darkness awakens and Caine attacks. However, Sam defeats Caine and sends him off.

Sam, Quinn, and Astrid live in a town on an island. Suddenly, everyone over 15 disappears, sending the kids into chaos. After finding Astrid´s brother, Petey, the kids from the other school came and took over, led by Caine. Once again, the town falls apart asa darkness awakens and Caine attacks. However, Sam defeats Caine and sends him off. Sam demonstrates bravery when he fights Caine to save everyone.

Theodore Boone is a wannabe lawyer who is thirteen. A man in his town, named Mr. Duffy was accused of murdering his wife, and Thei wants to wach the trial. His friend Julio knows someone who can prove Mr. Duffy is guilty. He eventually talks him into going to court, and the trial is set to continue on a later date. The events so far are very interesting, and probably will convince a reader to fnish the series.

Adam visits his dad and learns his history, causing Adam to forgive him. Adam returns to the hotel and gets badly sunburned. They return home, but Sara changes. Adam apologizes and so does Sara. However, Sara dies soon after, and Adam is depressed until he rejoins his friends. Adam shows the trait of stupidity, shown when he falls asleep in the sun and gets a bad sunburn.

Adam Fluke meets a girl named Sara and falls in love with her. Adam realizes the man who abused young Sara is his biological dad, but is forced to leave on a trip to learn if they are going to have a child. The title of the book does fit the book. The book is basically about a man whose life is a series of mistakes, hence the title Fluke.

Janet is "hired" by Dennis Walker to help with the investigation. The manage to steal Tom Wy,an's laptops no take a legal document with the information they needed. Meanwhile, Jon admits he lead the manipulation, and the company is brought to justice. I would probably be friends with Dennis, as he is a very trustworthy person, and is also very kind.

Janet was hired by her old friend who works at a company with shady customers. She begins to realize the company is not what it seems, as things begin to go downhill.

Who is the "bad guy"?
Why does the company trust the shady customers?

Janet has been hired by her childhood friend to work at a botique with shady companies as their customers. Janet then begins to take a liking to a coworker who is actually trying to bring the company to justice. The author writes in a shady perspective and switches from character to character, which I like. However, I don't like how she made the storyline unclear