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The Gathering Flame - Mageworlds 4 - Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald Book Review

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"Book four of the Mageworlds is the prequel to it. It sets up the Magelords war and what happened to the world of Entibor. It tells how Perada Rosselin, absolute ruler of the rich world Entibor, and Jos Metadi, the most famous-or notorious-of the privateers of Innish-Kyl get together to beat the Magelords."
Ed Phillips, Resident Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald Scholar


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




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control - can see into the future
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount

Setting
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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