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""The Old Man and the Bay…Guantanamo Bay: A Novel" is a violent encounter with two main plots. Professor Harlan Watt is a dreamer. He wants the initiative and referendum process to become the law of the land via a constitutional amendment. Renegades within the FBI and IRS see the drawbacks in such an arrangement, their treasured existence and power base being torn to shreds.
Professor Watt is targeted along with Senator Thackeray, who's backing the bill in Congress. The two most powerful bureaucratic agencies in the federal government will not allow a new form of democracy to take hold. America's elitist democracy is at stake, and must be maintained--no matter what the cost. But friends of Professor Watt and Senator Thackeray strike back with every fiber in their bodies, all the way to the halls of Congress.
Tthe second main plot deals with Russia's dream of becoming her old self once more, a superpower equivalent to the stature of her archrival: America. The President of Russia and his generals plot to destroy America from within, and from without…using Fidel Castro as their instrument of retribution and unification against their common enemy: America.
Fidel Castro is nobody's puppet with an agenda of his own. He attacks Guantanamo Bay in the only way he knows how: deceptively. Both main plots land on President Hardy's desk. The buck stops there. President Harding must deal with those enemies he perceives are trying to destroy American-style democracy as it exists today, not only from within American borders--but from the sore in America's posterior only ninety miles away: Cuba. America's credibility is at stake. And America's ghosts of discontent and enemies have comeback to haunt President Hardy. The arrogance of America's power is being tested to its breaking point....as well as the patience of the United Nations. "
F. Scott Sinclair, Resident Scholar
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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 - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- power struggle within govt between two factions
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- evil subgroup in own govt
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
- wild
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- dictator
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- wild
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Russia
Island?
Yes
Island:
- Caribbean Island
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
Is this an e-book?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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