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The High-Tech Knight - Adventures of Conrad Stargard 2
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Plot Summary of The High-Tech Knight - Adventures of Conrad Stargard 2
"This is book two of Conrad Stargard. He has found himself a knight, made some enemies and Count Lambert has decided to give him some land to build his inventions, so long as he keeps helping the Count improve his holdings with some of his inventions. He must build a city, get workers, train them and figure out how to survive an armed contest with the greatest German Teutonic Knight in order to save a bunch of children slaves."
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar

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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - alternate history
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
Inventing-of-item story? Yes
Story largely takes place in - Middle Ages-1899

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - engineer
Age: - 20's-30's
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: - none

Setting
Terrain - Forests
Earth setting: - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

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