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"With the Sleeping King dead, the bindings between him and the Serpent are broken, leaving the Band of Four to defend Aglirta from the Serpent's tyrany."
jon, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- roaming fantasy world, battling hostile monsters
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- 40's-50's
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can change shapes
- fire/lightning/weather cntrl
- mind control
- super strength
- can cast many different spells
- healing
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Adversary
Identity:
- magical being
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- mind control
- super strength
- can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- bulging muscles
Setting
Terrain
- Mountains
- Forests
Earth setting:
- during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- descript of touching personal anatomy
- use of artificial tools
- major character becomes a sex slave
- actual description of sex
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Is this an e-book?
Yes
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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