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The Lost Hero

Rick Riordan
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~517 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

epic adventurous mythic

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count129,242
Page count~517 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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