The Janson Directive
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Plot Summary of The Janson Directive
" Paul Janson is an ex-military man, who formerly worked for Consular Operations, a group of soldiers. Janson receives word that a rich business man, Peter Novak, has been kidnapped. Janson assembles a team to rescue Novak, and the plan goes well, until the plane transporting Novak and the rest of Janson's team explodes, killing them all. Janson survives, but his is hunted down by Consular Operations. They send Jessie Kincaid, an extremely accurate sniper, in after Janson. Janson and Jessie form an alliance after she is ambushed while trying to kill Janson. Together, the two must find out the conspiracy haunting them, before they are both killed. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Ben Noonan, Resident Scholar
"Former operative, now security specialist Paul Janson is called in to rescue an international diplomat only to find himself set up, his team members killed, and the target of an immensely powerful cabal. Paul Janson has a difficult past which includes a shadowy, notorious career in U. S. Consular Operations. Now living a quiet life, nothing could lure him back into the field. Except Peter Novak - a man who once saved Janson's life - who has been kidnapped by terrorists and is set to be executed. Janson hastily assembles a team of former colleagues and prot�g�s to rescue Novak but the operation goes horribly wrong. Now Janson finds himself targeted for death and his only hope is to uncover the truth behind these events." Matt Taylor, Resident Scholar

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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
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: - present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - govt. doing secret bad things abroad - kidnap/rescue
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: - infantry soldier - private investigator
Age: - 40's-50's
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 - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - evil politicians
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany - Italy
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Southeast Asia

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - 8 or more
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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