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Halt's Peril

Flanagan, John
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historical fiction adventure fantasy past tense third limited POV ~466 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense gritty desperate

A historical fiction. Expect dense, literary prose. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count116,537
Page count~466 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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