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Circus Rings - Starcruiser Chronicles 3
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Plot Summary of Circus Rings - Starcruiser Chronicles 3
"When one of the starcruiser crew is permanently altered by the Circus, an undercover mission is launched into the heart of their society, not only to retrieve their stolen starcruiser technology, but to restore the captain to himself. But the only way to remove the Circus makeup is to die."
Graham Watson, Resident Scholar


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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - cure/disease/bioweapon
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Scientifically turned into another lifeform
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - fighter (air/space) pilot
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - dictator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Domed/Underground City - Asteroid
Spaceship setting: - alien spaceship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - big overbuilt futuristic city - very controlled society
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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