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Plot Summary of Path Of The Fury
"Imperial Intelligence couldn't find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn't catch them, and lock defenses couldn't stop the planet-wrecking pirates. But they made a mistake when them raided Alicia DeVries' home world and murdered her family. She is a retired Imperial Fleet Cadre soldier and decides to turn pirate and stop them herself. She steals a cutting-edge AI ship from Fleet and starts her vendetta."
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Path Of The Fury
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 40%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
If enemy is a group... - pirate band

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Profession/status: - pirate
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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