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Plot Summary of Final Bearing
"A maniacal South American drug lord, Juan deSantiago, devises a unique means to deliver his highly-addictive product to the U.S. He has developed a mini-sub that can slip into Puget Sound and deliver the specially-treated product. But this load of cocaine has too much of a top-secret additive and can cause death to its users. Captain Jon Ward of the nuclear submarine USS Spadefish and a team of Navy SEALs must stop deSantiago and his latest shipment or hundreds may die."
Don Keith, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Final Bearing
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Water adventure Yes
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - foreign drug cartel

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
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 - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - criminal
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - Drug kingpins
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The Americas (not US): Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - 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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