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Book Review By Jacob Hurt
Balance of Power - Tom Clancy's Op-Center by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik

Spain is on the verge of an all-out civil war. Op-Center sends an officer to avert it, and she is assasinated in a daring act by unknown terrorists. Now Op-Center must solve her murder and unravel a conspiracy of greedy industrialists before it's too late...


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states
Europe Yes
European country: - Spain

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - exploded into bits
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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