Black Sun 📖

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse
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fantasy epic fantasy with urban fantasy elements past tense third limited POV ~444 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

oppressive visceral mythic

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 92
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 65%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count111,060
Page count~444 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited