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"A thrilling action-adventure featuring England's finest spies Tweed, Paula Grey and Bob Newman. In this classic Forbes suspenser, the Chinese are planning a massive silent invasion of the UK using the latest in military technology - stealth warships, with the aid of a renegade British Army brigadier. Tweed and colleagues race across Europe to prevent the invasion and uncover a secret as to who is helping the bad guys plan the invasion."
Nick Warren, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of By Stealth |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- main char. spying/sabotage
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Search for technology?
- special ship
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- wild
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- Chinese
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
- Germany
- Scandinavia
- Switzerland
Ice Caps/Sea?
Yes
Where?
- Ocean
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- sail boat
- warship
- lost at sea
- scuba under
- drowning
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
Island?
Yes
Island:
- on vacation
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- moving train
- fort/military installation
- scientific labs
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- military technology
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- poisoning
- dropped from large heights
- frying (electrocuted)
- run over
- drowned
- 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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