Relic 📖

Relic

Preston, Douglas; Child, Lincoln
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horror supernatural thriller past tense third limited POV ~467 pp

Vibe

tense oppressive claustrophobic

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

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Style Fingerprint

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

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count116,796
Page count~467 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited