Edgedancer 📖

Edgedancer

Brandon Sanderson
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fantasy high fantasy past tense third limited POV ~206 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense desperate claustrophobic

A propulsive fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count51,614
Page count~206 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited