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The Dark is Rising: The Complete Sequence

Susan Cooper
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fantasy mythic fantasy past tense third limited POV ~1,382 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

mythic oppressive ancient

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count345,621
Page count~1,382 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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