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Plot Summary of The Journeyer
"This is a sprawling, epic adventure told by Marco Polo of his REAL adventures and travels, the marvels he encounters, the terrors, the wise and evil rulers, the wonders of the East. Like all Jennings' books, he comments on everything and everyone and grows from a naive boy to an intelligent, thoughtful, admirable man. Wonderful, engrossing story. "
Liz M., Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - middle ages
Exploring into the wild Yes
Plotlets: - searching for treasure/artifacts
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - explorer
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? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Italy - Turkey - Eastern Europe
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Israel - Arabia - Russia - The 'stans - India - Southeast Asia - China - Japan - Pacific Islands
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails - sherpas
Jungles? Yes
Jungles - quicksand
Desert? Yes
Desert: - hostile arabs - dying of thirst, sunburn
Forest? Yes
City? Yes
City: - Dirty, dangerous (like New York) - wealthy - rude people
Misc setting - prison - fort/military installation

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - hundreds or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - use of artificial tools - impregnation/reproduction - lesbians! - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - boiling - diced - crushed - impaled - decapitated - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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