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Shadows Linger

Cook, Glen
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fantasy dark fantasy / urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~367 pp high worldbuilding
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oppressive grim moral_decay

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count91,668
Page count~367 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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