In this second entry in the NUMA Files/Kurt Austin series mankind faces a huge threat in the shape of a multi-billion dollar organisation, Gogstad, who are planning to dominate the world's fresh water supply. At the start of the book, a plane crashes in the Venezuelan rainforest and Francesca Cabral, inventor of a unique desalination techinque(turning sea water into fresh water) is taken in by a tribe of Chulo Indians. Ten years later she is discovered later by NUMA archaeologists Paul and Gamay Trout, who are investigating bio-pirates intent on stealing rare species of plants. Meanwhile, our new NUMA hero Kurt Austin and sidekick Joe Zavala are investigating Gogstad's water purification facility in Mexico when a bomb nearly destroys their submarine mission. Suspecting the facility is killing off rare whales, their trail soon leads them to Alaska and the sinister intrigue of post World War 2 black operations involving a rare atomic substance, and ultimately Lake Tahoe. Can they stop Gogstad from dominating the world and piece all the clues together? | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of story - very upbeat 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 - 40 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Search for technology? Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - big business leader(s) Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast - Pacific NW - California - Alaska The Americas (not US): Yes The Americas: - South Jungles? Yes Jungles - snakes - ape people - lost city - quicksand Water? Yes Water: - pleasure/love boat - swimming on - scuba under - submarining - feeding sharks - drowning Misc setting - scientific labs 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 A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - archaeology Unusual forms of death - poisoning - flamed - drowned - perforation--bullets - exploded into bits Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |