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Divide and Conquer - Tom Clancy's Op-Center
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Plot Summary of Divide and Conquer - Tom Clancy's Op-Center
"The president makes a surprising announcement...Two CIA operatives are assasinated in Aizerbaijan...These events are only the surface of a chilling conspiracy hatched by a cabal of U.S. government officials to force the president to resign. Paul Hood, reeling from a divorce, must now save his good friend, the president, while coping with his personal troubles...A thrilling, action-packed conspiracy thriller..."
Jacob Hurt, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story: - near future
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - power struggle within govt between two factions - main char. spying/sabotage - preventing/finding assassin - preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
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: - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - FBI/CIA

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - The 'stans

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik Resident Scholar Profiles

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Jacob Hurt  

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Selman Ercan  Mike de Fleuriot  Eugene Kim  


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