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Book Review By Will B.
A Call To Arms by Alan Dean Foster

The alien federation called the Weave needed help in their fight against the tyrannical, mind controlling Amplitur: But to defeat the Amplitur, they would have to ally with the violent and uncontrollable Humans. Would the Humans be able to stop the Amplitur invasion, or would they turn out to be more dangerous than the Amplitur themselves?


Plot & Themes
Tone of book -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Training/Apprent. Yes
Working up the ranks of...
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - - fighting overt invasion (attacking aliens)
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - - change of heart
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand - guns -
Kind of series -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - one culture tries to impose its culture on another group

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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