At Your Majesty's Disposal
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Plot Summary of At Your Majesty's Disposal
"A terrorist organisation plan to steal a Royal Air Force fully armed jet fighter and use it to attack a prime target on the United Kingdom mainland. Through very cruel planning they convert one of the Royal Air Force's top pilots to their cause. Because of a change of target at the last minute and the accidental intervention of a resourceful conscript the plan ends in disaster. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " George Pickles, Resident Scholar
"Terrorists went to great lengths to steal a fully armed jet fighter, including blackmailing one of the RAF's top pilots into taking part. The aircraft was to be used for an attack on the royal yacht Britannia with the queen on board and if successful would strike of the very heart of the British establishment with devastating consequences. " Janine Horncastle, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of At Your Majesty's Disposal

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Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 15%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 35%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%

Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - stopping a saboteur/spy
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - generic terrorists
Search for technology? - special plane

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - engineer - pilot, airforce
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male - an organization
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - spy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Germany
City? Yes
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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