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Nerilka's Story

McCaffrey, Anne
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fantasy epic fantasy plague past tense first POV ~152 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic gritty resilient

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 70%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count38,116
Page count~152 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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