Novelette
Number of words : 12000
Percent of complex words : 5.9
Average syllables per word : 1.4
Average words per sentence : 11.8
READABILITY INDICES
Fog : 7.1
Flesch : 77.4
Flesch-Kincaid : 5.4
CHARACTERS
John Ross
An anthropologist studying Mars on a Terran foundation grant.
Kardak
Jon Ross' head drover.
Corin
Shandakor man John Ross meets in a bar.
Duani
Young Shandakor woman.
Rhul
He is a leader in Shandakor.
Millikan
Nobel prize winner for physics, for work on the electron.
ORGANISATIONS
Shunni
Martian desert tribe.
Keshi
Martian desert tribe.
Kings of Mekh
Ancient Martian rulers.
PLACES
Jekkara
Martian Low Canal city.
Valkis
Martian Low Canal city.
Barrakesh
Martian Low Canal city.
Drylands
Desert area of Mars.
Upper Shun
High plains in the Shunni tribal region.
Kahora
Martian Trade City.
Shandakor
Fabled Martian city, almost dead.
Wells of Karthedon
On the way to Shandakor. The locals will not go past this point.
Outer Kesh
Boundaries of this desert tribal region.
Mekh
Martian barbian region to the east.
Taarak
Far eastern region of Mars.
Norlands
Martian barbarian region.
Marches
Martian barbarian region.
Western Gate
Entrance to Shandakor.
Place of Sleep
Final resting place the denizens of Shandakor have chosen.
TECHNOLOGY
Cinnabar
Mercury sulfide, red colored.
Globe
Shandakor illusion generator.
CONCEPTS
High Martian
Ancient Mars language.
PLOT
John Ross is an Earth anthropologist who comes across a resident of Shandakor and his story while stopping for a drink. He offers to travel back with him, but Corin doesn't make it. There are literally barbarians at the gates of Shandakor, but Ross enters anyway.
The locals won't let him leave, because it would show they are weak. Which is actually true, as their water supply is cut off, and they have no weaponry capable of dealing with a vastly superior numerical force. Despite the chained Ross' pleas, they decide to go to The Place of Sleep, but Duani makes sure he is free first.
4.5 out of 5
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment