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Plot Summary of The Inner Plane
"Dess Parok is a captain in the Anderan military forces who is in the middle of fighting a war against The Horde, horribly disfigured beings who are invading the cities of Andera through erratic unseen portals. He and girlfriend Commander Raina Mohrain go in search of the origin of these portals and discover a deserted city, evidence of a great and highly advanced civilization. The army commissions Dr. Kanston to determine who lived in the city, where it came from and how, if at all, it could be connected to the portals. Meanwhile, both Dess and Raina are called back to base as a major onslaught from the The Horde is about to begin. In the midst of battling an awesome juggernaught, Raina is taken prisoner by The Horde and transported through the portals. Dess must go through the portals into unknown terrain to rescue his beloved Raina and find a way to destroy The Horde and save his people."
Leena Patel, Resident Scholar




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Plot

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




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
War or Invasion Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - fighter (air/space) pilot
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - dictator

Setting
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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