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Plot Summary of Destination Gold
"Demo Dick Marcinko, Stevie Wonder, and other favorites of Rogue Manor travel from Mother Russia to the Middle East to track down stolen nuclear weapon parts. Too many state agencies from friendly and not so friendly nations have invisible hands moving essential nuclear weapon manufacturing components. The team receives protection and muscle from the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff to shoot and loot in order to derail the manufacturing party. "Mister Officer" Marcinko must join forces with an old, but friendly Israei Mossad agent, Avi, to thwart a billionaire financier from reaping a financial windfall. Standing in our hero's path are the Russian mafiya, and a Mossad traitor."
Jerry Naradzay, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Destination Gold
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - evil corporation/billionaire

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - evil politicians
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Russia
Desert? Yes
Desert: - hostile arabs

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - 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
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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