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| Plot Summary of Temple |
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"A search in the jungles for a magical artifact."
Nick Warren, Resident Scholar
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"William Race, a linguist college professor, finds himself going from translating an ancient manuscript for a group of army Green Berrets, to saving everyone on the planet from a nuclear blast that would destroy life as we know it, "a planet killer". The source of the nuclear bomb comes from an ancient Incan idol known as "The Spirit of the People". Race goes on a pulse quenching struggle to keep the idol from falling into the wrong hands and fails two times. But fortunately for mankind, Race thwarts the two attempts by a newly reformed Nazi group and an American terrorist group in their attempts at world destruction. Eventually, Race finds out where his hidden strenght to save the planet comes from; he is the chosen one that the Incans sung and wrote about long ago. "
Greg Mahler, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Temple |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 35%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 15%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- very upbeat
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Exploring into the wild
Yes
Plotlets:
- searching for treasure/artifacts
- trouble with tribes
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
War-time military intelligence mission?
Yes
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- generic terrorists
Search for technology?
- special war tech.
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher
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
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- 40's-50's
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- trader
- wealthy
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
- insanity
The antagonists are:
- nazis
Monster of some sort?
Yes
Kind of monster:
- general monster
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
- climbing with ropes
- falling off
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- alligators/crocs
- lost city
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- military technology
- archaeology
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- dropped from large heights
- eaten
- run over
- crushed
- flamed
- drowned
- impaled
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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