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Plot Summary of Dancing Suns
"Serall, the young heroine who is psychically linked to a zaddack (cross between a wolf and tiger) must find the last humans on this planet before the Bioguards (seeking to eliminate all humans from the universe) can find her."
Peter Cooper, Resident Scholar

"Serall is psychically bonded to her zaddack Kafa. Forced from their home when the city is destoyed by aliens hunting humans, they are forced to go in search of their destiny, the last humans. "
Karen Daniels, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Dancing Suns
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - info about lifeform(s)/society/phenomena
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - coping with mental/magical powers
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can talk to animals - mind reading - clairvoyant - healing
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male Alien
Age: - a teen - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - bounty hunter
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Mountains - Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society - inhabited by friendly aliens - neutral aliens - empty, or nearly empty world - very controlled society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript - significantly more descript than dialog
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