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Plot Summary of Circus Games - Starcruiser Chronicles 2
"When someone starts stealing technology from the defunct starcruiser bases,it is up to the newly rebuilt Starcruisers One and Five to find out who. But their adversary is harder to find than they first thought, bringing a new threat for the new ships."
Graham Watson, Resident Scholar




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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - warship
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - fighter (air/space) pilot
Age: - 20's-30's
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: - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Forests - Domed/Underground City
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship - futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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