Princeps' Fury 📖

Princeps' Fury

Jim Butcher
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fantasy epic fantasy past tense third limited POV ~620 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

apocalyptic grim melancholic

A dark fantasy. 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 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 92
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 98
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count154,877
Page count~620 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited