A Mad Tea Party

Matilda and the Genie

A Mad Tea-Party by Jonathon Dalton is the story of Connie and Matilda, two girls whose parents are genetically engineered super-soldiers (in retirement). As soon as they leave their isolated community, they are faced with groups of revolutionary teenagers who hate them, an alien assassin, and the political fallout from a war between Earth and giant alien robots. Also there is tea.

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Tropes used in A Mad Tea Party include:

• Fantastic Racism: Humanity is united at last, but there sure is a lot of racism against aliens and genetically engineered people.
• Superpowerful Genetics: Connie and Matilda, the two main characters, have inherited some but not all of their parents' genetically enhanced abilities.
• Robot War: Earth fought a war against giant alien robots a generation before the story starts, which we apparently won.
• Fantastic Slurs: Genetically engineered people are derisively labeled "Genie."
• Organic Technology: Earth's genetically engineered super-soldiers have organic weapons to use against alien robots.
• Everything Is an iPod In The Future: 200 years in the future, there are ipad-like things for breaking into cars and checking medical files on the internet.
• The Alliance: Earth's ramshackle governments team up with some aliens to fight the giant alien robots.