Sammy Ito is a Marine Sgt. on duty in the Caribbean--he is a sniper and has been sent to eliminate drug cartel leaders. He is half Japanese--his mother's ancestry is Swedish. He kidnapps the cartel leader and the leader's neice only to discover he has the wrong girl, she is an American citizen from New Jersey--visiting her uncle. She does not know he is a drug cartel leader.
Sammy and his fellow marines make a run for the mountains near the Brazilian border--he finally discovers he has the wrong girl--they fall in love. Sammy is captured and torured--he escapes. His spleen is ruptured and he gets a medical discharge. He goes to work for a clandestine agency and is trained to go undercover in an embassy in South America. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) 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 - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Who's the terrorist enemy here? Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Has special powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main character: Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - Drug kingpins How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting The Americas (not US): Yes Jungles? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |