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The Empty Grave (US)

Stroud, Jonathan
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense first POV ~447 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gothic paranormal

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 45%
seriouscomedic
Romance 25%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count111,808
Page count~447 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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