| On a small Caribbean island the latest 'reality' TV series begins. For Dana Kirsten, winning the $2 million prize could mean saving her sick child's life. But while the nation watches her every move, Dana is entering a contest for her life, and there can only be one survivor.
Vassa Island has been specially rigged with remote-control cameras, a surveillance-satellite system, and the most powerful television transmitter ever created. For a small fee, anyone with a computer can access any of the 638 cameras live - twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week - and vote as the twelve carefully chosen contestants vie with each other, and with the hazards of the island. But, only fifteen minutes into the opening transission, the show's support crew all die horribly. Then the shocked contestants hear a mystery voice announce: 'This has just become the ultimate reality show.' From that moment on, they are hurled through a maze of traps and endurance tests. And when the fascinated worldwide viewers daily vote an individual off the island, it isn't just exile... its death. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 20 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 % Crime Thriller Yes General Crime (including known murderer) Yes If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - game where people hunted Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - revenge The antagonists are: - big business leader(s) How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Genius Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast Jungles? Yes Island? Yes Island: - stranded - Caribbean Island Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - rape (yeech!) A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - electrical engineering Unusual forms of death - biohazard/virus - decapitated - exploded into bits Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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