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Pirate Latitudes

Crichton, Michael
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historical fiction pirate adventure past tense third limited POV ~326 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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gritty adventurous bleak

A dark historical fiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 35%
seriouscomedic
Romance 25%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count81,563
Page count~326 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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