| Newark Police Officer Remo Williams is framed for the murder of a heroin dealer and sentenced to death. An organization called CURE, whose existence is known only to the President and is designed with a cell structure, conducts an elaborate use that involves faking his death. He is drafted into CURE and instructed on how to become the ultimate assassin.
The culmination of his training involves instruction in the martial arts by an elderly Korean named Chuin. Williams is then pitted against a group of mob assassins that CURE's contacts have called MAXWELL. The group performs jobs for a prominent New York Mafia family, and has become powerful enough to turn against it. Williams is sent to infiltrate and destroy MAXWELL by seducing the daughter of Fenton, who appears to be the group's middle-management type. Williams violently kills several thugs associated with the group as they begin to become suspicious. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - breaking up gang Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - US mafia How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting United States Yes Misc setting - fancy mansion Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas Unusual forms of death - crushed Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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