The Sorcerer of the North 📖

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

Vibe

tense atmospheric gritty

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

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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