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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very humorous
Time/era of story: - near future
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Exploring into the wild Yes
Plotlets: - searching for treasure/artifacts
Kind of vehicle: - boat - plane
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - criminal's rise in a crime organization
Crime Thriller Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes
Search for technology? - special bomb - special plane - special war tech. - power source - state secrets

Main Character
Gender - Male
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 - Strong but gentle 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
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - Russians

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - West - Mid-Atlantic states
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Russia - Southeast Asia - Australia - Pacific Islands
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - South Pole - Ocean
Water? Yes
Water: - warship - submarining - drowning
Misc setting - fort/military installation

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
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights - radiation - run over - crushed - frozen - 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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