Halt's Peril 📖

Halt's Peril

Flanagan, John
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historical fiction adventure fantasy past tense third limited POV ~466 pp

Vibe

tense gritty desperate

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

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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