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The Warded Man

Brett, Peter V
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fantasy dark fantasy / high fantasy past tense third limited POV ~663 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

gritty oppressive desperate

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
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 count165,861
Page count~663 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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