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"A covert attack leaves Iran with virtually no offensive capabiility in the Persian gulf. In retaliation, the Iranian Navy sinks a U.S. spy vessel and take its crew hostage...Jon Masters, testing a new reconnaisance craft at the time, barely escapes. Now, Hal Briggs, with the help of his "good friend", a commando from another covert group, must rescue his crew. Meanwhile, Patrick McClanahan is tapped to fly the B-2 once again, and this time the stakes are higher than ever...because failure could mean another hostage crisis and another Gulf War...and it won't be as easy as the first...A chillingly feasible tale of what could go wrong in one of the most politically volatile places on earth... "
Jacob Hurt, 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 - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Time/era of story:
- near future
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Special Forces
Specific to
- near future war
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Escape/rescue behind enemy lines?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- pilot, civilian
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a lot
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- Islamic Fundamentalists
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:
- West
- Mid-Atlantic states
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Arabia
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- military technology
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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