{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/family-trauma/","locale":"en","type":"trope","data":{"label":"family-trauma","slug":"family-trauma","pitch":"Dima Zales writes romance with family-trauma: Cyber Thoughts, The Time Stopper.","works":[{"title":"Cyber Thoughts","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/cyber-thoughts/","isbn":null,"heat":4,"year":2017,"seriesTitle":"Human++","seriesOrder":2,"worldName":"The Mind Dimensions","tropes":[{"slug":"captive-resistance","label":"captive-resistance"},{"slug":"cyberpunk","label":"Cyberpunk"},{"slug":"enhanced-hacker-ensemble","label":"enhanced-hacker-ensemble"},{"slug":"family-trauma","label":"family-trauma"},{"slug":"found-family-rescue","label":"found-family-rescue"},{"slug":"government-black-site-conspiracy","label":"government-black-site-conspiracy"},{"slug":"high-tech-action-thriller","label":"high-tech-action-thriller"},{"slug":"open-source-revolution","label":"open-source-revolution"},{"slug":"paranoia-becomes-reality","label":"paranoia-becomes-reality"},{"slug":"pre-cognitive-power","label":"pre-cognitive-power"},{"slug":"pregnancy-and-engagement","label":"pregnancy-and-engagement"},{"slug":"sci-fi","label":"Science fiction"},{"slug":"secretive-found-family","label":"secretive-found-family"},{"slug":"tech-thriller","label":"Tech Thriller"}],"summary":"From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Dima Zales comes the exciting sequel to Mind Machines.\n\nI saved the day, I got the girl, and we’re on the verge of changing the world. Everything is possible with technology that can transform your brain and make you more than human. My only problem? Nightmares keep me up at night, and I can’t shake the feeling I’m being watched.\n\nEveryone tells me I’m paranoid. But what if they’re wrong?","pitch":"Cyber Thoughts by Dima Zales is a 2017 romance. Tropes: captive-resistance, Cyberpunk, enhanced-hacker-ensemble, family-trauma, found-family-rescue, government-black-site-conspiracy, high-tech-action-thriller, open-source-revolution, paranoia-becomes-reality, pre-cognitive-power, pregnancy-and-engagement, Science fiction, secretive-found-family, Tech Thriller. Heat 4/5. Book 2 of Human++.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"The Time Stopper","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/the-time-stopper/","isbn":null,"heat":4,"year":2015,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":2.5,"worldName":"The Mind Dimensions","tropes":[{"slug":"criminal-protector","label":"criminal-protector"},{"slug":"criminal-underworld","label":"criminal-underworld"},{"slug":"dangerous-attraction","label":"dangerous-attraction"},{"slug":"dangerous-crime-boss","label":"dangerous-crime-boss"},{"slug":"enemies-to-tentative-allies","label":"enemies-to-tentative-allies"},{"slug":"enemies-to-uneasy-allies","label":"enemies-to-uneasy-allies"},{"slug":"family-trauma","label":"family-trauma"},{"slug":"frozen-time-dimension","label":"frozen-time-dimension"},{"slug":"hidden-identity","label":"hidden-identity"},{"slug":"high-stakes-gambling","label":"high-stakes-gambling"},{"slug":"morally-conflicted-heroine","label":"morally-conflicted-heroine"},{"slug":"novella","label":"Novella"},{"slug":"power-at-a-cost","label":"power-at-a-cost"},{"slug":"power-with-a-cost","label":"power-with-a-cost"},{"slug":"protective-crime-lord","label":"protective-crime-lord"},{"slug":"protective-older-brother","label":"protective-older-brother"},{"slug":"protective-sibling","label":"protective-sibling"},{"slug":"psychic-detective","label":"psychic-detective"},{"slug":"reluctant-killer","label":"reluctant-killer"},{"slug":"revenge-mystery","label":"revenge-mystery"},{"slug":"revenge-quest","label":"revenge-quest"},{"slug":"russian-mob","label":"russian-mob"},{"slug":"russian-mob-underworld","label":"russian-mob-underworld"},{"slug":"siblings-at-odds","label":"siblings-at-odds"},{"slug":"ticking-clock-powers","label":"ticking-clock-powers"},{"slug":"time-travel","label":"Time Travel"},{"slug":"time-stop-mind-dimension","label":"time-stop-mind-dimension"},{"slug":"time-stopping-powers","label":"time-stopping-powers"},{"slug":"undercover-investigation","label":"undercover-investigation"},{"slug":"underground-gambling-den","label":"underground-gambling-den"},{"slug":"urban-fantasy","label":"Urban Fantasy"},{"slug":"wounded-heroine","label":"wounded-heroine"}],"summary":"From a New York Times bestselling author comes a novelette in the Mind Dimensions series. This short story does not require you to have read the other books in the series.\n\nI can stop time, but I can’t change anything.\n\nI can access memories, but not far enough.\n\nMy name is Mira, and my life is about finding the Russian mobster who killed my family.","pitch":"The Time Stopper by Dima Zales is a 2015 romance. Tropes: criminal-protector, criminal-underworld, dangerous-attraction, dangerous-crime-boss, enemies-to-tentative-allies, enemies-to-uneasy-allies, family-trauma, frozen-time-dimension, hidden-identity, high-stakes-gambling, morally-conflicted-heroine, Novella, power-at-a-cost, power-with-a-cost, protective-crime-lord, protective-older-brother, protective-sibling, psychic-detective, reluctant-killer, revenge-mystery, revenge-quest, russian-mob, russian-mob-underworld, siblings-at-odds, ticking-clock-powers, Time Travel, time-stop-mind-dimension, time-stopping-powers, undercover-investigation, underground-gambling-den, Urban Fantasy, wounded-heroine. Heat 4/5. Book 2.5 of Mind Dimensions.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"}]}}