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Erak's Ransom
Flanagan, John
fantasy
sword and sorcery
past tense
third limited POV
~420 pp
high worldbuilding
Vibe
A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
70
externalintrospective
Ending
80
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
10%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 105,040 |
| Page count | ~420 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |