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Plot Summary of Sole Survivor
"A year ago Joe Carpenter heard the terrible news that his wife and two daughters had died in a catastrophic plane crash. All news reports confirmed no survivors. So, naturally it blew Joe's mind when he met Rose, who claimed to have been on the same flight. Her mysterious secret of survival, spurned him to eagerly search for the truth of that fatal flight. Now, someone is trying to kill Joe and Rose for exposing the truth. Flight investigators and the crash victim's survivors began to die. Someone controlled their minds, causing each to inflict horrible wounds to themselves, otherwise known as death by remote. The truth of Rose's miraculous survival and this astonishing mind control are secrets Joe and Rose risk their lives for. The question is, how are they going to dodge this mind manipulating murderer and prevent more deaths?"
Tracey Ray, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of Sole Survivor
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Plot

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




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a kid
Profession/status: - killer
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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Dean Koontz Resident Scholar Profiles

TOP SCHOLAR:
  
Tracey Ray  

SCHOLARS:
Yosef Shapiro  Richard Hernandez  Jennifer  Max Talbert  Krisatina McKenzie  Sherrie L. Jones  


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