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Primal Waters

Alten, Steve
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thriller monster thriller past tense third limited POV ~475 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense visceral melancholic

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

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Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 45
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count118,721
Page count~475 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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