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Balance of Power - Tom Clancy's Op-Center
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Plot Summary of Balance of Power - Tom Clancy's Op-Center
"Spain is on the verge of an all-out civil war. Op-Center sends an officer to avert it, and she is assasinated in a daring act by unknown terrorists. Now Op-Center must solve her murder and unravel a conspiracy of greedy industrialists before it's too late..."
Jacob Hurt, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Balance of Power - Tom Clancy's Op-Center
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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%




Time/era of story: - middle ages
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - deposing an evil leader - preventing war
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

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 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: - an organization
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states
Europe Yes
European country: - Spain

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 5-7
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - exploded into bits
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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