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"Nora Kelly believes the letter from her father, written 16 years earlier, reveals the location of Quivira, the City of Gold. Through passages in the letter, Nora discovers an ancient road and convinces the Institute's director to provide funding for an expedition. She journeys with an elite team of archaeologists and scientists to discover the truth. However, the group soon finds that terror awaits them through the site and its protectors. "
Terese Sexton, Resident Scholar
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"Kudos once again to Preston and Child as they give us another thriller.This time they give us an adventure about the anazazi empire and what happened to them.This novel has scenes of the beauty of western US and details of archaelogy.The authors give us facts about anazazi's society and native american occult pratices. All and all this is a sinister adventure filled with memorable characters especially Dr. Nora Kelly whose obession in finding a lost anazasi city and the fate of her father will take to the discovery of lifetime and deadly peril! "
Rodney Powell, 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 - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Exploring into the wild
Yes
Plotlets:
- searching for treasure/artifacts
- trouble with tribes
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- scientist
- explorer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
How sensitive is this character?
- 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:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
- an above average amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
- insanity
The antagonists are:
- cults
Monster of some sort?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
- climbing with ropes
- falling off
Desert?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 5-7
- 8 or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- dropped from large heights
- drowned
- biohazard/virus
- perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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