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Trials of Death

Darren Shan
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fantasy urban fantasy / vampire trials past tense first POV ~162 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gritty desperate

A propulsive fantasy. Expect epic scope. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count40,451
Page count~162 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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