| Larry Miles leads a team of commercial divers on a mission in the North Sea to salvage a sunken freighter. Hired by an oil company, the dive team's objective is to inspect the ship, raise any valuable cargo, then use explosives to blast the ship apart and salvage the scrap metal.
The divers find Russian cruise missiles in the ship, and find themselves battling an international arms smuggler who is equipped with the latest in underwater high-technology devices, including an electric U-boat developed by a German engineer. To compound the divers' problems, a fierce Arctic storm threatens to capsize the salvage vessel. The divers are trapped inside a pressurized capsule, and they face certain death, if they leave the capsule before decompressing. Larry Miles becomes the only man who can prevent a rogue state from acquiring a nuclear weapon. | ||
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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 Water adventure Yes Water: - underwater descript. of violence and chases - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Who's the terrorist enemy here? Search for technology? Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting Water? Yes Water: - scuba under Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy Unusual forms of death - drowned Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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