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| Plot Summary of Invasion |
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"Sometimes poorly plotted but a very original and action-packed technothriller detailing an imagined near future where China, having taken over a good two-thirds of the world, decide to challenge the only remaining threat to world domination - the USA. By means of a massive invasion of the US mainland, the Chinese forces spread across the Deep South upwards towards Washington DC. Meanwhile, a burned-out President whose defence budget cuts seem responsible, is under threat from a Chinese spy in the White House, while his daughter Stephie Roberts, the main character in the book, is fighting for her life commanding a mechanised infantry battalion being pushed north by advancing Chinese forces. The battle scenes are spectacular featuring every kind of weapon and hardware imaginable! Overall, well worth a read."
Nick Warren, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
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%
Tone of story
- very humorous
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- preventing/finding assassin
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- near future war
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- Chinese
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Deep South
- California
- Mid-Atlantic states
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
Ice Caps/Sea?
Yes
Where?
- Ocean
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, dangerous (like New York)
- dangerous
- wealthy
- rude people
- Washington D.C.
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
- fort/military installation
- scientific labs
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- military technology
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- poisoning
- dropped from large heights
- radiation
- boiling
- run over
- crushed
- flamed
- drowned
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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