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"This is the first book written by Kyle Mills, and it is a wonderful look int the mind of someone trying to do good, but going about it in the wrong way. Mark Beamon must step in from his wayward position with the FBI to make a difference..."
Steve Schmitz, Resident Scholar
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"Kyle Mills novel, Rising Phoenix, introduces misfit FBI partners agent Mark Beamon and agent John Hobart. Beamon has an authority complex but is a talented investigator. Hobart is psychotic and has no conscience. Their careers take divergent paths until twelve years later, due to a deadly poisoned drug epidemic, they are fated to become reacquainted once again, this time on opposite sides of the law. Beamon is still with the bureau while Hobart is the mastermind of a plot to rid America of all illegal drug use and activity.
John Hobart has become the henchman for the charismatic televangelist preacher, Simon Blake, who is the funding behind the scheme. Interestingly, the American public's sentiment is on the side of the criminals tainting the drugs not those distributing, using and subsequently dying from the deadly heroin or cocaine.
The chase is on in this riveting thriller as it races along to various locales in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, the woods of western Maryland, Houston, New York City, Oregon, Bogota, Columbia, and Warsaw, Poland. It dispenses with any mystery about who is behind the plot from the vary start, so don't expect a "Who done it" crime mystery. Instead this is a well-written thriller with a odd morality blurred by psychosis, politics, and power."
David Fletcher, 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 - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Medical Thriller
Yes
Medical Plotlets:
- story of bio weapon/virus
- poisoning
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- government investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- an organization
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- kicks
The antagonists are:
- evil doctors
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Midwest
- Mid-Atlantic states
Jungles?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, dangerous (like New York)
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- biology/medical
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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