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Plot Summary of The Doomsday Virus
"Marty Gladstone and TJ Gatwick, two software entrepreneurs, are in a race to be first to market with a new operating system. Influential journalist Erin Keliher can make or break either product but her loyalty shifts as she gets involved with one of the men. Then Erin becomes the reluctant conduit for a computer hacker, Doomsday, who has created a virtually unstoppable virus. Marty and TJ must put aside their differences and work together to stop "the Doomsday Virus" from taking down the country's entire financial infrastructure."
Barry Silverstein, Resident Scholar




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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - stopping a saboteur/spy
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Search for technology? - computers

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - computer programmer
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - mastermind
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - Arab terrorists
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - quite fatty

Setting
City? Yes
City: - Boston

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - electrical engineering
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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