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Plot Summary of Daggers of Gold
"Vampires on a Small Scottish Isle! A marine biologist fears something is in the fog and soon learns he is right. While he battles against his own fears and phobias and desire for a local lass, he must fight a menace he is totally unprepared to face."
DeborahAnne MacGillivray, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Daggers of Gold
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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 - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the vampire chased me!

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - power
Monster of some sort? Yes
Kind of monster: - vampire
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Island? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 2
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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