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Plot Summary of Geomancer
"Book three of Douglas and Myrn. It seems a powerful wizard got mad at a tribe of people who worked with stone and changed them all into immortals of stone. Now they want to be turned back into ordinary people. While they hold Myrn as a hostage, Douglas seeks out the hiding place of the last known Geomancer, to try and get her to help him."
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar



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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
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
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: - fire/lightning/weather cntrl - can cast many different spells
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 entire race
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? - no torture/death
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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