| Kylie O'Rourke and her husband, Jack are on their way back from a vaction that they took with their friends, another couple. When their plane crashes suddenly in the mountains of New Hampshire, the four are among the only survivors. After getting over the initial shock, Kylie realizes that some strange things are happening.
Kylie vividly remembers a conversation she had with a man who she later learns died on impact. Later she discovers that a strange raven with human eyes is following her around, and she feels that she is being stalked by a strange presence that she felt in the in the first few minutes after the crash. When the survivors of the plane crash start to die, Kylie and her friends do some investigating and learn that what is happening to them is a part of a complex web of events. According to ancient superstitions, they have escaped death once, and now it may be coming after them. When the presence that has been following Kylie materializes into a man, Kylie does some research and learns that she is seeing the face of a man who had been executed for a murder years before, and Kylie knows details about the crime that only the victim and the killer could know. As Kylie's supernatural experiences increase, she realizes that her own life may be in danger. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Big vehicle disaster? Yes Kind of vehicle: - plane Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Horror Story? Yes Religious overtones? Yes Horror plotlets - the ghost chased me! descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Has special powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main character: Ethnicity/Race Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast - Southeast Air? Yes Air: - passenger plane City? Yes City: - New York 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 - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - rape (yeech!) Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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