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Plot Summary of Inca Gold
"National Underwater and Marine Agency projects director Dirk Pitt encounters an archeological survey team in trouble on the mountains of Peru. There he learns about an archeological traffic network in the Andes and some long lost Inca treasure as well. he must rescue the archeological team, who has fallen on the criminals hands along with long time friend Al Giordino.

In order to stop the archeological traffic criminals he has to retrace the steps of the right-hand man of Legendary seaman Francis Drake and retrieve the treasure himself."

Omar Amat, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Inca Gold
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Exploring into the wild Yes
Plotlets: - searching for treasure/artifacts
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Terrain - Jungle

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - engineer
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing with ropes
Jungles? Yes
Jungles - lost city
Water? Yes
Water: - sail boat - warship - lost at sea

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 5-7
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
Unusual forms of death - drowned
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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