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The Battle for Skandia

John Flanagan
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fantasy historical fantasy past tense third limited POV ~326 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gritty heroic

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count81,618
Page count~326 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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