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Everyone on earth now knows that America is hiding alien technology in Area 51, including an alien computer capable of controlling minds. Area 51 is open to the world and there is squabbling over who should possess the Alien technology. Several alien computers are found and activated which caused a transmission to be sent by one of the computers to an alien ship that has been orbiting Mars for millenia. The ship comes to Earth and is taken over by a cult like group that has known about the Aliens for hundreds of years. It is up to the main character and his team to find out what the computers are doing on Earth and to stop the Alien ship from destroying mankind.
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It is the second book in the "Area 51" series. The alien computer sent a message to space (Mars) and Aliens replied. However, it turns out that the aliens are not as good as the world first thought they were. The war started.
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
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: - infantry soldier - government investigator
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings - hard edged
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Genius (really!)

Setting
Terrain - Jungle - Desert - Mountains - Space, need spacesuit
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Spaceship setting: - alien spaceship
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed - some scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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