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Brandon Schofield, a washed-out CIA field agent, must join forces with Vasili Taleniekov, the former KGB director who murdered Schofield's wife some time back, to probe and destroy from within a Corsican brotherhood known as the Matarese, who are intent on world domination through corruption and anarchy. As the pair take on the Matarese, will personal hatreds rule the day?
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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book descript. of violence and chases 20%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 40%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 20%How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) 20% Tone of story    -   Dry-cynical Time/era of story:    -   1980's-1999 Spying/Terrorism Thriller    -   Yes Kid or adult book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Who's the terrorist enemy here?    -   generic terrorists

Main Character

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   spy Age:    -   20's-30's

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Northeast Europe    -   Yes European country:    -   England/UK    -   France    -   Italy    -   Russia Island?    -   Yes Island:    -   stranded    -   on vacation City?    -   Yes City:    -   Dirty, dangerous (like New York)    -   dangerous    -   Washington D.C. Misc setting    -   fancy mansion

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 Unusual forms of death    -   asphyxiation    -   poisoning    -   dropped from large heights    -   run over    -   flamed    -   drowned    -   perforation--bullets    -   perforation--swords/knives    -   blunt clubbing (like seals)    -   exploded into bits Unusual form of death?    -   Yes Amount of dialog    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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