| An adventurous hero rushing to find the truth about an ancient city and a great prophesy about an asteroid that would soon destroy the earth. Hero finds out about another, even more deadly and dangerous secret, which he then sets out to Antarctica to destroy. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical Time/era of story: Exploring into the wild Yes Plotlets: - trouble with tribes Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 20 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 40 % Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - power The antagonists are: - nazis How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The Americas (not US): Yes The Americas: - Central - South Ice Caps/Sea? Yes Where? - South Pole Jungles? Yes Jungles - lost city Misc setting - scientific labs Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - astronomy Unusual forms of death - frozen - drowned - perforation--bullets - exploded into bits Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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