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Plot Summary of Dark Tide II: Ruin - Star Wars, The New Jedi Order 3
"This book is based on Star Wars and involves the Jedi and heroes vs. a new race of evil Aliens."
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Review Analysis of Dark Tide II: Ruin - Star Wars, The New Jedi Order 3
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - Jedi powers
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
Kind of series - Star Wars
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - champion of justice
Age: - 40's-50's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can talk to animals - telekinesis - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - super strength - can fly - is very quick - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Profession/status: - killer
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - emotionally unstable - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
Terrain - Mountains - Forests - Space, need spacesuit - Domed/Underground City - Asteroid
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship - alien spaceship - a space station - futuristic human freighter/transport - really, really giant spaceship/station - one or two man fighter/scoutship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - unfriendly aliens - neutral aliens - big overbuilt futuristic city
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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