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Plot Summary of The Aquitaine Progression
"Target of a monumental frame-up, lawyer Joel Converse flees for his life across Europe after stumbling on a massive military conspiracy. The perpetrators, a group of generals under the AQUITAINE banner are setting out to cause worldwide anarchy and then set up their own right-wing new world order. Joel Converse, with the help of assorted trustworthy friends in the right places, must stop the power of AQUITAINE."
Nick Warren, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of The Aquitaine Progression
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Plot

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




Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - generic terrorists

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - radical right wingers

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany - Switzerland
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean
City? Yes
City: - New York - Dirty, dangerous (like New York) - dangerous - rude people
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Misc setting - prison - resort/hotel - moving train - fort/military installation - sewers/subways

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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