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Book Review By Graham Ard
On Dangerous Ground by Jack Higgins

"This is the story of the unfindable chinese documents needed to take back Hong Kong from the chinese and give it back to the British for another 100 years"


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 - 50 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
Search for technology?

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Ireland - France
Jungles? Yes
Water? Yes
Water: - warship - scuba under
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Misc setting - prison

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - licking - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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