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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - saving govt/kingdom from external overthrow - factions fight within govt for control - election campaign
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - clash between evenly matched magical power(s) (fantasy) - good magical powers hunting non/weaker magical(s) (fantasy)
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - coping with mental/magical powers
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can talk to animals - super strength - can fly - teleportation - Invisibility - is very quick
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 - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - 40's-50's - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - mastermind
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - can talk to animals - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - telekinesis - mind reading - clairvoyant - can see into the future - super strength - can fly - teleportation - can cast all sorts of spells - Invisibility - can read emotions - is very quick
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century) - medium future 22-24th century
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed - an average amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - mostly dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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