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Mercedes Lackey

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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Storm Rising. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: mage storms, fragile alliance, political alliance, world-threatening crisis, magical disaster, cross-realm cooperation

Setting labels used: Valdemar, Karse, Hardorn, kingdoms of the West, imperial camp, fantasy secondary world, wartime setting, winter setting

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey

Storm Warning

Mercedes Lackey · 1995 · Valdemar: Mage Storms

A Karsite envoy’s young secretary enters Valdemar just as magic storms and political tensions threaten the whole world.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1658

Cover of A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings

George R.R. Martin · 2010 · A Song of Ice and Fire

In a fractured realm, rival houses, hidden heirs, and shifting loyalties battle for a throne as winter closes in.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1910

Cover of The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham

The Price of Spring

Daniel Abraham · 2009 · Long Price Quartet

Fifteen years after war and infertility, a poet, an emperor’s daughter, and a new magic must decide whether peace can survive.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2047

Cover of The Rebels of Gold by Elise Kova

The Rebels of Gold

Elise Kova · 2017 · Loom Saga

In a dual-world rebellion against dragon rule, shifting loyalties and secret schemes decide the fate of Loom and Nova.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2182

Cover of The Death of Chaos by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

The Death of Chaos

L.E. Modesitt Jr. · 1996 · The Saga of Recluce

A woodworker-mage faces invasion and a final reckoning as order and chaos tip toward catastrophe.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2187

Cover of A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin · 1998 · A Song of Ice and Fire

In a feudal realm of shifting seasons, rival houses battle for power while a northern threat and buried secrets rise.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2188

Cover of Salute the Dark by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Salute the Dark

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2010 · Shadows of the Apt

As war engulfs the Lowlands, scattered allies race to stop an empire, a ritual, and a changing battlefield.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2192

Cover of Kingdom of Today by Gena Showalter

Kingdom of Today

Gena Showalter · 2025 · Book of Arden

A double agent at a royal academy must save a unraveling prince as gods awaken, prophecies tighten, and war closes in.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2222

Cover of Empire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley

Empire Ascendant

Kameron Hurley · 2015 · Worldbreaker Saga

In a multiverse war of doubles and magic, survivors must choose between conquest, sacrifice, and extinction.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2233

Cover of Copper Chain by James   Maxwell

Copper Chain

James Maxwell · 2017 · The Shifting Tides

A king trapped between war, magic, and shifting loyalties must protect his people and his freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2264

Cover of The Mighty Thor, Vol. 3: The Asgard/Shi'ar War by Jason Aaron

The Mighty Thor, Vol. 3: The Asgard/Shi'ar War

Jason Aaron · 2017 · Thor by Jason Aaron

Jane Foster’s Thor leads allies across realms, then gets pulled into a cosmic god-challenge that may reshape the war.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2279

Cover of The Price of Power by Michael Michel

The Price of Power

Michael Michel · 2025 · Dreams of Dust and Steel

A disgraced prince, an orphaned heir, a seer, and a doomed ascendant are pushed toward choices that may save or end their world.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2287