"In a future Dark Age, a man makes a terrible bargain with a race of powerful alien beings to recover his memories and the lost history of humankind. What he discovers are echoes of humanity's ancient past, its stunning future, and a love that changed the fate of the world."
Robert Williams, Resident Robert Williams Scholar
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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 - 30% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century
- 19th century
- 17th century
- general past
- current (early 21st century)
Spaceship setting:
- one or two man fighter/scoutship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- neutral aliens
- empty, or nearly empty world
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a significant amount of technical jargon
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- descript of touching personal anatomy
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
