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The City of Brass

S A Chakraborty
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~643 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive mythic volatile

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 35
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 92
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 92%
noneextreme
Sexual content 35%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 65%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count160,764
Page count~643 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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