The Warded Man 📖

The Warded Man

Brett, Peter V
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fantasy dark fantasy / high fantasy past tense third limited POV ~663 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

gritty oppressive desperate

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

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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