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Review Summaries
"Book 3 of StarBridge. A very talented young man at the Starbridge Academy has lost his best friend and mother, and thinks that he doesn't have what it takes to be a diplomat to represent aliens who wish to join the Cooperative League of Systems."
Ed Phillips, Resident A.C. Crispin Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence - 40% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- generally friendly contact with alien(s)
Political power play
Yes
Political plotlets
- preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- diplomat
Age:
- a teen
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
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Setting
Terrain
- Asteroid
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- inhabited by friendly aliens
- unfriendly aliens
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- some scientific explanation
How much dialogue?
- significantly more descript than dialog
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