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Plot Summary of The Magic Of Recluce - Recluce 1
"This is the book that started the Saga of Recluce. It is about how one of the Recluse masters sends his son out to save the world, but doesn't tell that he's to do it or how. All Lerris knows is that nobody will tell him anything and he is bored. With help from his Uncle Justin, he just might succeed."
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Magic Of Recluce - Recluce 1
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - a powerful magician
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - clash between evenly matched magical power(s) (fantasy)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - mage/magician
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - healing
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 - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - mind control - can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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