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Book Review By Ben Noonan
The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum

   Paul Janson is an ex-military man, who formerly worked for Consular Operations, a group of soldiers. Janson receives word that a rich business man, Peter Novak, has been kidnapped.

Janson assembles a team to rescue Novak, and the plan goes well, until the plane transporting Novak and the rest of Janson's team explodes, killing them all.

   Janson survives, but his is hunted down by Consular Operations. They send Jessie Kincaid, an extremely accurate sniper, in after Janson. Janson and Jessie form an alliance after she is ambushed while trying to kill Janson. Together, the two must find out the conspiracy haunting them, before they are both killed.


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 - 30 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Who's the terrorist enemy here?

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - evil politicians
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany - Italy
City? Yes
City: - Chicago

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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