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Plot Summary of Hiero's Journey: A Romance of the Future
"Set 5000 years in the future, Hiero is a martial priest sent on a journey through North America radically altered after a nuclear war 5000 years before. He has to recover the secrets of long lost computers to help his fledgling society overcome the hidden and actual threat from the "Unclean" who are a secret society pledged to bring back the world of "The Death". He has one advantage in his journey. Hiero is telepathic."
Ian Jones, Resident Scholar

"Protagonist searches post nuclear war North America for instructions on how to build a computer. He fights creatures, mutants, and evildoers with newly evolved mental powers and his trusty pistol."
Steve , Resident Scholar

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




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - alternate history
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - surviving a post environmental/nuclear disaster
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - computer/database
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - religious figure
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can talk to animals - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - religious figure - mage/magician
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind reading - mind control
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Jungle - Desert - Water - Mountains - Forests - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - distant future
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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