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Plot Summary of Line of Control - Tom Clancy's Op-Center 8
"A fst paced addition to the wonderful Op-Center series. Pakistani terrists enter India for the purpose of striking at the Inidan government and get more than they bargined for when an indian girl decides to change the way the game is played."
jeremy, Resident Scholar

"A pakistani terrorist group has been framed by militant factions within the Indian government. Now, Paul Hood and Op-Center embark on the most unusual of agendas: Helping a terrorist group escape. And their only help in the region comes from an NSA agent with questionable loyalty... "
Jacob Hurt, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Line of Control - Tom Clancy's Op-Center 8
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Time/era of story: - near future
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - generic terrorists

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler - government investigator
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount - a tremendous amount
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: - an organization
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - unemployed - infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - revenge - power
The antagonists are: - radical right wingers - Arab terrorists

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states
Europe Yes
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - The 'stans - India
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails
Misc setting - fort/military installation - scientific labs

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - exploded into bits
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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