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Plot Summary of Count Brass - Eternal Champion 15
"Dorian Hawkmoon is sad, although his side won the war against the dark empire his beloved father-in-law and best friend Count Brass was killed. That is until some locals see his ghost haunting the marsh and so Hawkmoon sets off to find the ghost. The ghost is solid enough and a lot younger than hawkmoon had known him and was sworn to kill Hawkmoon. Dorian discovers that Count Brass has been brought back from the past and from another dimension and brainwashed by his enemy Baron Kalan. The pair set off on a quest along with other friends who had also been brought back from the past to kill Hawkmoon to find the Baron and put an end to the torment of his friends being held in limbo, when the Baron is killed in his time machine a giant time storm sweeps the group up and Hawkmoon finds himself at the battle where Count Brass was killed with an opportunity to save his friend this time around, but when he returns to his own time he finds hat his decision to save Count Brass has had serious consequences."
Neil Morey, Resident Scholar

"Hawkmoon's friends all died in the Battle of Londra, 5 years ago. Now a ghost of Count Brass, his closest friend and also his father-in-law, is threatening vengance for some unknown betrayal. Along with Count Brass, Huillam D'Averc, Oladahn and Bowgentle, Hawkmoon travels to a lost city to save his friends."
Jamie Mahlay, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Count Brass - Eternal Champion 15
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 45%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 15%




Tone of book - cynical or dry-wit - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Time Travel: - into past and future equally
Plotlets: - roaming fantasy world, battling hostile monsters
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - magical battles
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - warrior/knight
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King - scientist
Has magical powers? Yes
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters - Genius (really!)
Physique - average physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
Terrain - Jungle - Desert - Water - Mountains - Forests - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - distant future
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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