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Tress of the Emerald Sea (a Cosmere Novel)

Brandon Sanderson
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fantasy adventure fantasy past tense third limited POV ~440 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive whimsical melancholic

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 90%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count110,031
Page count~440 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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