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Plot Summary of Blue Mountain Detour
"When a family of sadistic hillbillies in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains kidnap, enslave, and abuse Nathan Henderson and his family, it is up to this former Green Beret to rescue them--not only from the mountain men, but also from the gang of outlaw bikers who buy the hillbillies' marijuana crop. Meanwhile, state troopers hunt them all!"
Gary L. Pullman, Resident Scholar

"Nathan Henderson hoped to enjoy a quiet vacation with his family in Virgina's Blue Ridge Mountains. Instead, encountering a false detour, they are deliberately misdirected into the hands of a family of sadistic hillbillies. Freed by a gang of bikers, Nathan and his family are hunted by the hillbillies. Meanwhile, the state police hunt everyone. By the time the story ends, Nathan has redeemed his past sins as a Green Beret in Vietnam, but not until his wife, daughter, and son face unspeakable emotional, physical, and sexual assaults. This novel also contains cannibalism, infanticide, and sexual perversities of several kinds."
George Peterson, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Blue Mountain Detour
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - vigilante getting revenge - escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - drug dealers

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - engineer
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - killer - criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - kicks
The antagonists are: - Drug kingpins
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states
Mountains/Cliffs Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity - rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights - frying (cooking) - eaten - impaled - stampeded - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Is this an e-book? Yes
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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