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The so-called Beta Clones have been assembled because the prime suspect in the President's assassination is the man they were cloned from, John Alpha. Once believed to have committed suicide, John Alpha is now running free in the world, capable of reproducing 7th Son's advanced cloning and memory manipulation technology and with an endgame no one can predict--except, possibly, the Betas.

 

* [[Action Survivor]]: Michael is a trained soldier and Fr. Thomas is a black belt in karate, but the rest of the Betas spend the trilogy hanging on by the skin of their teeth.

** {{spoiler|And not necessarily succeeding.}}

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: ''You'' could be a clone, your childhood memories uploaded into your head from the original.

** Your parents acting strange? Your friends? ''Your children''? Maybe their personalities were deleted and replaced by that of a rogue government assassin bent on murder and anarchy.

** It also includes a [[Mythology Gag]] of having {{spoiler|Father Thomas and John switching rolls later in the novel}}. John even says he was thinking about doing it before his brother volunteered.

* [[Recycled Premise]]: Inverted. ''7th Son'' predates ''[[Dollhouse]]'', thankyou very much.

* [[The Reveal]]: Lots and lots.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Hutchins is well known for his "rivalry" with fellow [[Podiobooks]] writer, Scott Sigler. If you've read/listened to Sigler's Infected series, you might recognize a certain Lt. Dawsey who bears a "striking resemblance to a certain former college linebacker".

* [[Showing Off the New Body]]: Frequently, whenever a memory totality is uploaded.

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