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Missouri Khals tells Missouri and Bindi's story. As children, they grew up together on Missouri's parents' sheep station in Australia's Great Southern where they worked as jillaroos, but Missouri's passion was weightlifting. Missouri received a full scholarship for athletes with exceptional ability. While attending college, Missouri competed in Australian and International weightlifting competitions where she eventually won an Olympic gold medal. Her achievements and character made Missouri the poster girl for female recruitment in all branches of the Australian Armed Forces. As Missouri and Bindi faced graduation and Missouri's pending military service, Bindi and Missouri realized their lives, as they knew them, would change forever. Having grown up together and having been best friends their entire lives, neither wanted that to happen. As their lives progressed, they intertwined as Missouri served out a distinguished career in the Australian Army's Intelligence Corps, while Bindi lived a life as a woman of leisure. Together, and with their implicit trust in each other, they disrupted Chinese intelligence nets, turned Chinese intelligence assets and obtained highly valued Chinese national security information.
Authors A.I.'s Marlowe Analysis
Overview - Missouri Khals is an ambitious, sprawling novel that follows its protagonist from rural Australia to Olympic glory to dangerous intelligence operations in China. The work demonstrates strong storytelling instincts with compelling characters and an intricate plot spanning multiple countries and time periods.
Premise / Elevator Pitch - An Australian sheep station girl becomes an Olympic weightlifting champion and Special Forces officer who embarks on dangerous intelligence missions in China alongside her lifelong friend and fellow escort worker while navigating blackmail, espionage, and a high-stakes rescue operation.
Potential Readers - Missouri Khals will appeal to readers who enjoy complex female protagonists in military and espionage settings, particularly those interested in Australian perspectives and contemporary geopolitical tensions.
Archetype - Missouri Khals is most similar to the Descent story archetype.
Genere & Story Type - Missouri Khals is primarily a Military Thriller with strong espionage elements. The story also contains elements of the following:
Word Count - Missouri Khals contains about 95,205 words.
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Trigger Warnings - Missouri Khals contains sexual violence including rape, physical violence and combat, torture and imprisonment, human trafficking, government oppression and genocide references, substance use, and explicit sexual content. The narrative addresses serious human rights violations in detention facilities and includes graphic descriptions of physical confrontation and weapons violence. Readers sensitive to themes of imprisonment, sexual assault, or cultural persecution may find portions of the content disturbing.