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Plot Summary of Deep Six
"Ace marine troubleshooter Dirk Pitt is back! In this exciting instalment in a long running and popular series. Pitt investigates the mysterious disappearance of a cruise ship in Alaska which is causing an environmental disaster. Once he uncovers secrets surrounding the ship's disappearance, he is faced with further peril as the President's yacht sails into fog and vanishes. Soon, Pitt uncovers a deadly conspiracy by a wealthy industrialist to destabilize the US government by means of forceful coercion. The story moves to Lousiana, where he uncovers the enemy's operations and has to wage a desperate battle using any means necessary to save the country from enemy hands."
Nick Warren, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Deep Six
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Big vehicle disaster? Yes
Kind of vehicle: - boat
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - criminal's rise in a crime organization
Water adventure Yes
Water: - underwater - on the ocean surface
Crime Thriller Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes
Search for technology? - method of mind control

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant 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 - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - spy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Southeast - Deep South - Alaska
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean
Water? Yes
Water: - pleasure/love boat - sail boat - lifeboat - warship - lost at sea - swimming on - scuba under - submarining - feeding sharks - drowning
City? Yes
City: - dangerous - wealthy - Washington D.C. - New Orleans
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
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 - run over - crushed - 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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