Patrick McClanahan is back at Dreamland, this time as a Lieutenant Colonel in charge of the Dreamstar and Cheetah projects. The test pilot of the Dreamstar turns out to be a deep-cover KGB plant, and the plane is stolen. The only aircraft that even has a chance against it is Cheetah, flown by J.C. Powell and McClanahan. The stolen Dreamstar shoots down the second Old Dog project, and this time McClanahan's wife is on board...The chase is on... An action-packed aerial thriller and must-read for all Brown fans... | ||
Plot & Themes Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Search for technology? Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - power How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - West The Americas (not US): Yes The Americas: - Central Misc setting - fort/military installation - scientific labs Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - military technology Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - exploded into bits Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |