Spook Country 📖

Spook Country

Gibson, William
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thriller techno-thriller / conspiracy fiction past tense third limited POV ~389 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

paranoid neo-noir techno-thriller

A thriller. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count97,361
Page count~389 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited