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Plot Summary of Tell No Tales
"FBI agent Cortlandt Tsikitis, a drunk on the verge of losing his career, stumbles across a bizarre conspiracy involving many members of the administration, including his own director. At the same time, parralleling his investigation, Trevor Parker, a betrayed assassin caught up in the same conspiracy, is trying to learn who is behind it, and bring the whole thing crashing down. TELL NO TALES is the story of how both men's efforts cross and intertwine until the explosive conclusion at a secret research facility it Utah."
Michael P. Higgins, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Tell No Tales
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Plot

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




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - near future
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - evil subgroup in own govt

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - killer
Age: - a teen
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? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - navy soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - FBI/CIA
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Misc setting - scientific labs

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 - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of male nudity
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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