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Plot Summary of Molt Brother
"Zref Ortenau, at the threshold of entering the University, thinks he has his life mapped out. He will become an Archaeologist like his parents and find the City of a Million Legends.

But then the distant and unnamed Enemy strikes, invading his family's home, murdering for the clues his parents had found to the City's location.

Recovering from the devastating loss, he offers himself for a medical experiment, and becomes an Interface -- a living person who can access the interstellar internet directly with his mind.

He survives the surgery, but his Interface is flawed. Seeking a place among Interfaces despite his handicap, he pursues his obsessive interest in finding the City of a Million Legends.

This brings him back into confrontation with the murderer of his family who has never stopped watching him and manipulating his life -- without his knowledge.   "

Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Resident Scholar

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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Robots, Computers, VR Yes
Robot, PC, VR Plotlets: - virtual reality
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Given added abilities
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - archaeologist
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Water - Mountains
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - inhabited by friendly aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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