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Plot Summary of The Christopher Factor
"An investigation into the disappearance of a body from the county morgue leads detective Dave Jeffries and his partner into a 25 year old government conspiracy. They learn of a surreptitious experiment that was carried out on an unsuspecting Air Force recruits during the nineteen seventies."
L.S. Davis, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of The Christopher Factor
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Plot

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




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets: - wild experiments on people
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
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? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - FBI/CIA
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas - California
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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