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Plot Summary of Komarr
"Miles, now Imperial Auditor, is sent to Komarr to unravel a mystery - the unfortunate (or intentional?) destruction of one of the solar reflectors. While on planet, he meets Ekaterin, the wife of a Vor and the niece of one of Miles' fellow Auditors. Miles falls for Ekaterin, hard - oh, and solves the mystery, barely in time to save the planet."
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Review Analysis of Komarr
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Plot

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




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - finding a spy/saboteur
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - power source
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - emotionally unstable
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization

Setting
Terrain - Planet surface, need spacesuit - Domed/Underground City
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a contemporary society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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