Ethan of Athos 📖

Ethan of Athos

Bujold, Lois McMaster
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science fiction space opera/military sci-fi past tense third limited POV ~253 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense paranoid gritty

A science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 72
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 35
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count63,329
Page count~253 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited