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Plot Summary of Sundiver - Uplift Saga 1
"Jacob Demwa, a former investigator who lost his wife on his last job, has been persuaded by a friend to look into some strange happenings on the Sundiver project - a research project aimed at our own sun. He finds a tangled web of lies, betrayal, and conspiracy, and must act to preserve Earth's interests and his own."
Ivy, Resident Scholar

"A man still suffering, emotionally, after the death of his wife joins a new mission entering the sun. He finds a journey, not only of self discovery and enlightenment, but of nefarious dealings in mankinds projects.
The real beauty of this book is in the way it seamlessly blends these two themes"

Andy Banks, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Sundiver - Uplift Saga 1
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - unraveling a conspiracy
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - emotionally unstable
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena - Male Alien
Age: - long-lived adults
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Space, need spacesuit - Domed/Underground City - Asteroid
Which planet? - Mars
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes
Not Earth, in Solar System? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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