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Plot Summary of The Cell
"The Cell in the title of this book refers to a cell or group of Al-Qa'eda terrorists planning an attack in England which will be more horrific that the September 11 incident in New York. Colin Forbes keeps the action coming in this latest adventure featuring Tweed and his team of SIS agents. There are three missing persons in the first few chapters all with information about the group or their leader. The suspects are mostly from the same small village which has been built by the unknown terrorist leader. The properties are all rented and the rent money has a long trail before it can be attached to the financing of the terrorist plot. Tweed knows he has only a few days in which to discover the target and the mastermind. "
Penny , Resident Scholar



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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - arabs and/or muslims

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
The antagonists are: - Arab terrorists

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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