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Plot Summary of Far From The Warring Lands
"The Aln have invaded Jorwen and the world is in flames. A young Condhrui, Merric runs for his life trying to escape the Aln wizards and their deadly magic. He is joined by Naree who is a Desri girl. Will the Aln catch Merric and kill him? Will his own uncontrolled magic kill him first or will the Desri girl he begins to love kill him before he can even convince her he is on her side?"
Stephen Crane Davidson, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - a powerful magician
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - love among disparate social classes
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand - sword fights - magical battles
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - mage/magician
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Profession/status: - mage/magician
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Water - Mountains - Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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