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Plot Summary of Embrace the Twilight
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Mira, Mar 2003, 6.99, 400 pp.
ISBN: 1551666685

The enemy tortures Colonel Willem Stone to provide them with the names of the American spies inside their training camp. Will denies there are any, insisting technology enables the United States to know their plans. When the pains becomes too hard to consciously handle, his mind vanishes into some other place so that he will not reveal the names of the thirteen people working undercover for America. This place inside his mind looks like an ancient world consisting of Gypsies and vampires. One Gypsy has his full attention as Sarafina is so full of life, but she is changed into a vampire in front of his eyes.

Not long afterward, Will regains consciousness in a hospital, but the memories of Sarafina seem so real to him and where he dredged it up from is outside his understanding, but he assumes it is a fantasy. That belief ends when he meets Sarafina and quickly falls in love with her.


Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Embrace the Twilight
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Plot
Time/era of story - Present (2000-2010)
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - magical powers/identity
Fantasy/Magic Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover Yes
Fantasy World Romance Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - spy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - magical being
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - is very quick - can change shapes - mind reading - mind control - super strength - can fly - can read emotions
How sexual is this person? - very picky
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 70%
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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