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Plot Summary of On Dangerous Ground
""This is the story of the unfindable chinese documents needed to take back Hong Kong from the chinese and give it back to the British for another 100 years""
Graham Ard, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of On Dangerous Ground
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - main char. spying/sabotage
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - generic terrorists
Search for technology? - state secrets

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - killer
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - Chinese
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Ireland - France
Jungles? Yes
Water? Yes
Water: - warship - scuba under
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Misc setting - prison

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - licking - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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Jack Higgins Resident Scholar Profiles

TOP SCHOLAR:
  
Ryan Mellish  

SCHOLARS:
Graham Ard  Timothy Gist  


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