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Plot Summary of Dead Ringer 2
"Sammy Ito is a Marine Sgt. on duty in the Caribbean--he is a sniper and has been sent to eliminate drug cartel leaders. He is half Japanese--his mother's ancestry is Swedish. He kidnapps the cartel leader and the leader's neice only to discover he has the wrong girl, she is an American citizen from New Jersey--visiting her uncle. She does not know he is a drug cartel leader.

Sammy and his fellow marines make a run for the mountains near the Brazilian border--he finally discovers he has the wrong girl--they fall in love.

Sammy is captured and torured--he escapes. His spleen is ruptured and he gets a medical discharge. He goes to work for a clandestine agency and is trained to go undercover in an embassy in South America."

F. Eugene Barber, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Dead Ringer 2
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
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: - kidnap/rescue
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - foreign drug cartel
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - is very quick
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - Japanese
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 - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - Drug kingpins
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
Jungles? Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 5-7
Is this an e-book? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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