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Plot Summary of Bloodsworth Island
"Evil scientist would like to rid the Earth of genetically inherited disease by eliminating the people who carry "defective" genes. To carry out his plan he needs talented scientists, and to control them he has established an isolated outpost on Bloodsworth Island in the Chesapeake Bay where promising candidates are subjected to a cult-like indocrination process."
Amy Martinez, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Somewhat obvious
Time/era of story: - near future
Medical Thriller Yes
Disaster, natural or nuclear Yes
Kind of disaster: - plague
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - mastermind
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - cults
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - South
Jungles? Yes
Water? Yes
Island? Yes
Island: - Mean guy who wants to hunt/mutate - Atlantic Ocean Island
City? Yes
City: - Washington D.C.
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - scientific labs

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of male nudity
Unusual forms of death - poisoning - frying (electrocuted) - eaten - biohazard/virus - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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