Shadow's Edge 📖

Shadow's Edge

Weeks, Brent
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fantasy dark fantasy epic past tense third limited POV ~661 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

gritty oppressive melancholic

A dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 70
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count165,215
Page count~661 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited