Douglas Adams and Hart James are both dreaming of a girl named April Ten. But they are having her dreams, not their own. As they try to figure out what is going on, people are dying from spontaneous human combustion (SHC). They learn the dreams are tied to the SHC cases. Then it is discoverd by Hart that Douglas Adams isn't who he claims to be. In fact, hardly anyone is who he claims to be including Hart. As the characters strive to find out who they really are and what this has to do with the Dreams of April Ten, April surfaces as a real person who is running and hiding. It all has to do with an event that happend in Alaska 20 years earlier. They all head for Alaska independely of one another, and along the way, more people die from SCH and more people are pulled into the mystery. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes Explore: Descript. of chases or violence - 10 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 40 % Main Character Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |