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The Sorcerer of the North

John A Flanagan
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fantasy sword and sorcery past tense third limited POV ~339 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense atmospheric gritty

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count84,790
Page count~339 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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