| Following a massive oil-spill in the San Francisco Bay, scientists, hoping to avert an ecological disaster, release an untested virus which feeds on oil and petroleum based molecules. The virus indeed consumes the oil spill, but contrary to its design, manages to survive much longer than suspected and begins to attack all petroleum based products along the west coast. Soon the virus spreads worldwide.
With the US President out of the country, and the VP killed in a virus related plane crash, panic consumes the nation. The virus set the country's and the world's technology back several hundred years. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - depressing/sad FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes Explore: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Descript. of chases or violence - 10 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Terrain Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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