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Plot Summary of Storming Intrepid
"A spectacular and thrilling story about a Russian attempt to hijack Star Wars military technology by planting a deep cover spy on board the space shuttle Intrepid. However, the mission goes wrong when one of the US astronauts disables the shuttle's retro-rockets and it is trapped in orbit. Using every kind of military and space technology they have at their disposal, Russia and America will do all it takes to recover the shutlle and its valuable cargo - even to the point of escalating to military conflict. Awesome technology including a secret space fighter, stealth bombers and killer satellites add to the excitement!"
Nick Warren, Resident Scholar



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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 - very humorous
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - stopping a saboteur/spy
War Thriller Yes
Armed Forces: - Air Force
Specific to - near future war
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Search for technology? - special war tech.

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - pilot, airforce
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - Russians

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Southeast - Midwest - California
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Arabia - Russia
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean
Misc setting - fort/military installation - scientific labs

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 8 or more
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights - run over - flamed - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - exploded into bits
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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