How Like a God
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Plot Summary of How Like a God

"Rob Lewis is an ordinary guy - married, two toddler kids, office job - until one day, from out of nowhere, godlike mental powers descend on him. At first he revels in his newfound abilities, but then he realizes the difficulties they present, and the danger they are to the people he loves. Rob flees to New York, where he lives on the streets, struggling to avoid human contact. Eventually he meets a scientist named Edwin Barbarossa, who helps him control his abilities, reclaim himself, and rebuild his life.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - clash between evenly matched magical power(s) (fantasy) - good magical powers being hunted by non/weaker magical(s) (fantasy)
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding - coping with mental/magical powers
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - mind reading - mind control - can cast many different spells - Invisibility - can read emotions
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind reading - mind control - can cast all sorts of spells - Invisibility - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - mentally ill - deluded - emotionally unstable - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog

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