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Plot Summary of The Magic Engineer - Recluce 3
"In the time line of the Saga of Recluce, this is the third book. It is about a boy who wants to build things to help people, but the society he lives in says that machines are bad. So he leaves and learns how to build his machines and comes back and saves the Island of Recluce."
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Magic Engineer - Recluce 3
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - engineer
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 - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

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
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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