The Ring of Solomon 📖

The Ring of Solomon

Stroud, Jonathan
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fantasy urban fantasy / historical fantasy mixed tense third limited POV ~474 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

dark ironic oppressive

A propulsive and dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, humor.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 80%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count118,380
Page count~474 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensemixed
Cast & World
POVthird limited