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Plot Summary of Storming Heaven
"Dale Brown's startlingly realistic look a frightening topic: Terrorism on American soil. The nation is stunned as aerial attacks are carried out on airports across the country...Fear grips the public, and the government races to find a way to ensure safety. But accidents and botched investigations allow a deluded, psychotic terrorist to carry out his reign of terror...and no one knows if it will end, if the government can catch a killer who seemingly can't be caught...Thrilling, frightening, and stunning, Brown delivers a hit..."
Jacob Hurt, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Storming Heaven
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story: - near future
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 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
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - killer
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest - West - Mid-Atlantic states
Misc setting - fort/military installation - fancy mansion

Style
Part of a series? Yes
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: - vague references - rape (yeech!)
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - exploded into bits
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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