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Phantoms

Dean Ray Koontz
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horror supernatural horror / thriller past tense third limited POV ~547 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

nightmarish oppressive terrifying

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

Style Fingerprint

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

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 5%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count136,846
Page count~547 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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