Seven Deadly Wonders (Seven Ancient Wonders) (US) 📖

Seven Deadly Wonders (Seven Ancient Wonders) (US)

Reilly, Matthew
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adventure action-adventure with treasure hunt elements past tense third limited POV ~412 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense action-packed gritty

A propulsive and dark adventure. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 90
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count102,988
Page count~412 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited