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"Archeologist Nathan Lee has been dubbed a "greedy graverobber" by his peers. Blackmailed into working with his father-in-law, Nathan robs graves from Jerusalem to Egypt, watching his father-in-law grow wealthy selling millenium-old artifacts. Led into the Himilayians, the duo, led by a Sherka guide, seek remains of yeti-like neanderthals. The journey falls apart when Nathan tries to protect a "find" from others, and is pushed off a mountain top cliff. Surviving and injured, he wanders back into civilization, where he is promptly arrested and imprisoned for the murder of his Sherka guide. The story starts to unfold dramatically when Nathan wakes to find the prison almost vacant and unguarded. He wanders out into Tibet, to find the people frightened of an approaching epidemic, completely lethal and unstoppable. Nathan escapes back into the Himilayians, finally emerging in China where he witnesses the deadly trail of the virus. Nathan's journey leads him around the world to Taos, New Mexico, where scientists have sequestered laboratories in search of a cure. Using artifacts Nathan may have illegally unearthed himself, clones are being created from humans who lived two thousand years ago. Hoping these clones may have antibodies that could withstand the virus, Nathan learns their names and languages. And one clone may be the most important man to ever live. "
Roger Perry, Resident Jeff Long Scholar

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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%

Tone of book - depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - fighting a disease/illness affecting everyone
Story involving clones/duplicates? - good clones/duplicates
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Clones Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Takes place on Earth? 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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