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Plot Summary of Mutineers' Moon
"An Imperial battleship underwent a mutiny and the self-aware battleship was forced to maroon the mutineers and the crew on Earth because of the damage done by mutineers. Now he must find a new Captain, and has chosen Lt. Commander Colin MacIntyre who was an astronaut on a flight around the moon. The moon turns out to be the battleship. Colin mobilizes the crew that is left and hunts out the mutineers."
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar

"This is story of a man who was in the wrong place at the right time. There are great space battles and a ruthless enemy try to kill everyone not of their kind."
kenneth posey, Resident Scholar

"The main character has to first fight common enemy on earth, so that he can fight a global enemy to save earth. The global enemy is on a warpath that destroys everthing in its path."
erik, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Mutineers' Moon
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 13.3%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 13.3%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 23.3%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - warship
Robots, Computers, VR Yes
Training/Apprent. Yes
Working up the ranks of... - armed forces
Robot, PC, VR Plotlets: - good computer AI
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - Given added abilities
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - fighter (air/space) pilot
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - super strength
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
Terrain - Space, need spacesuit
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Spaceship setting: - alien spaceship - really, really giant spaceship/station
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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