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|series        = ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''
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|main character = [[Sojourner Hooper-Agogô]]
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|writer        = [[Blair Bidmead]]
|writer        = Blair Bidmead
|publisher      = Obverse Books
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|release date  = [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date  = 17 January 2017
|cover          = [[Lawrence Burton]]
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|isbn          = ISBN 978-1-909031-52-4
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'''''Weapons Grade Snake Oil''''' was a [[2017 (releases)|2017]] novel in the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' series.
'''''Weapons Grade Snake Oil''''' was a [[2017 (releases)|2017]] novel in the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' series.
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It's not her blood."
It's not her blood."
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Rex Agogô]]
* [[Rex Agogô]]
* [[Anne Bonny]]
* [[Anne Bonny]]
* [[Kraken (Weapons Grade Snake Oil)|The Kraken]]
* [[The Hussar]]
* [[The Hussar]]
* [[Christèmas|Father Christèmas]]
* [[Christèmas|Father Christèmas]]
* [[Chantelle|Cousin Chantelle]]
* [[Chantelle (Weapons Grade Snake Oil)|Cousin Chantelle]]
* [[Haribeaux|Cousin Haribeaux]]
* [[Haribeaux|Cousin Haribeaux]]
* [[Antigone (Weapons Grade Snake Oil)|Godmother Antigone]]
* [[Antigone (Weapons Grade Snake Oil)|Godmother Antigone]]
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* [[Kharon (Weapons Grade Snake Oil)|Cousin Kharon]]
* [[Kharon (Weapons Grade Snake Oil)|Cousin Kharon]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Faction's more unpredictable elements are housed in [[Bankside]].
* Faction's more unpredictable elements are housed in [[Bankside]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
[[File:Bidmead Lost Pirates.jpg|thumb|right|[[James Coker|Porkbelly]] and the Lost Pirates.]]
* To accompany the novel author [[Blair Bidmead]] released the short story ''[[Sojourner & Ellie (short story)|Sojourner & Ellie]]'', the illustration "The Lost Pirates", and a 75-minute soundtrack called ''Haribeaux's Sour Mix''.<ref>[https://www.mixcloud.com/blairbidmead/the-soundtrack-to-the-faction-paradox-novel-weapons-grade-snake-oil/ Haribeaux's Sour Mix]</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Sojourner originates from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Now or Thereabouts (short story)|Now or Thereabouts]]'' while L-Event was introduced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]''.
* Sojourner was introduced as a Faction Paradox member in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Now or Thereabouts (short story)|Now or Thereabouts]]'' while L-Event was introduced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]''.
* Sojourner led the revolution against [[The Company (The Sun Makers)|the Company]]'s control of [[Pluto]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'')
* Sojourner led [[Citizens' Revolution|the revolution]] against [[The Company (The Sun Makers)|the Company]]'s control of [[Pluto]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'')
* Cousin Haribeaux was kept in the [[Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Library Pictures (short story)|Library Pictures]]'')
* Cousin Haribeaux was kept in the [[Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Library Pictures (short story)|Library Pictures]]'')
* A memo written by [[Robert Scarratt]] is seen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'')
* A memo written by [[Robert Scarratt]] is seen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* A tweet from [[realwildthyme|Iris Wildthyme]] is seen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'', et al.)
* Excerpts from ''[[Faction Paradox: a Negotiable History]]'' are seen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'')
* Christèmas claims to have tried to negotiate with the [[Pilots' Coterie]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* Christèmas says that the Great Houses used to claim that "You couldn't rewrite [history]. Not a single line." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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