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by Randall Garrett
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Characters

The main characters in Unwise Child are unabashed stereotypes — the handsome hero, the beautiful damsel, and so on — but with some exotic variations. The hero, a towering blond Adonis with an inventive intellect that da Vinci might have envied, is Michael Raphael Gabriel. Named after three archangels, Mike "the Angel" is a street-smart engineer thriving in the wilderness of the Manhattan of the future, not unlike a latter-day Tarzan.

In order for the plot to get going, even the hero must have an appealing weakness or two. Michael Gabriel's are a "wise-guy" curiosity and being a most eligible bachelor.

The heroine is Leda Crannon, a luscious lady scientist who partakes of divine beauty. Her red hair and curvaceous figure suggest a passionate nature just waiting to be released within the proper bounds.....

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Unwise Child from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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