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"Thomas Mitchem is a member of the United States Cavalry, serving as a scout in an armor batallion's reconniassance platoon. After returning from a mission supporting the eleven year old Operation Enduring Freedom, Thomas and his fellow scouts are deployed to Turkey to face a new enemy.
The Persians have secretly built a modern armored army and have blitzed through thier middle-eastern neighbors in an effort to secure regional power and resources. Part of thier assualt leads them into Turkey, a NATO member and US allie. Thus, Thomas Mitchem and his scout platoon experience the horrors of high intensity warfare.
What makes Cavalry Scout different from other war experiences is the reason Thomas Mitchem has to tell his story. Faced with the complex emotions and moral conflicts of having experienced violence and death on the ultimate scale, he finds his relationship with Jessica faultering under the strain of his termoil. "
Dennis Patrick Michels, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- near future
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- near future war
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
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
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- Islamic Fundamentalists
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Turkey
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
Unusual forms of death
- crushed
- flamed
- impaled
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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