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"The story opens with Captain Helen St. James taking the newest U.S. submarine, USS Hunley, out for sea trials and testing her new propulsion system. While underway on the trials a message is received that the Islamic Republic sending carrier task forces on what is considered unusual maneuvers. We soon find out that all nuclear weapons have been destroyed as well as all spy satellites. The Islamic Republic is formed when all the countries from North Africa through the Middle East put aside their differences and join together in opposition to the west. They then build up their industrial base and build a mighty military force.
A U.S. submarine is sunk off the coast of Tripoli and the Republic uses this as an excuse to declare war. They seal off the Mediterranean trapping several U.S. ships and order them to surrender or be sunk. They attack Washington D.C. by running Lear jets loaded with high explosives into the White House and Pentagon. (This book was originally published in 2000 well before 9/11.) A U.S., British and French carrier battle group attack a superior Islamic group in an attempt to free the U.S. ships from the Med. The battle is a draw and a cripple Hunley has to take on the bottleneck of ships in the Straits of Gibraltar to release the trapped U.S. ships.
The final mission in the book for the Hunley is to land a SEAL team on unfriendly shores, then take on an invasion force heading for Italy."
Navyman, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- very upbeat
Time/era of story:
- near future
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Navy
Specific to
- near future war
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- arabs and/or muslims
Search for technology?
- special ship
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- Islamic Fundamentalists
Setting
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
- submarining
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- descript. of breasts
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- military technology
Unusual forms of death
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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