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Premise labels used: besieged city, god-rules, demigod politics, mortal champion, dragon imprisonment, military defense, misfit soldier, clash of powers, city siege, intrigue and betrayal
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As siege and secret magic converge, rival powers race through war-torn fronts and an ancient forest toward disaster.
Why this is here
Premise labels: city siege · war on multiple fronts · power struggle · ancient magic quest · race for arcane power · enemy invasion · clashing worldviews
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1484
A cursed fallen city, a political marriage, and a religious takeover collide as three lives fight to save a kingdom.
Why this is here
Premise labels: fallen city · cursed city · magic collapse · political intrigue · religious conflict · state marriage · forced exile · rebuild society · conversion campaign · crisis of faith · mystery curse · oppressed city
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1828
A besieged city must rally old allies and unlikely heroes when diplomacy turns into invasion and war.
Why this is here
Premise labels: city defense · siege · protect the city · foreign invasion · political conflict · trade deal as cover · ragtag team · last stand · clash of armies · internal betrayal
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1858
A massive hive city faces a Chaos-backed assault, forcing Gaunt and his unit into a brutal siege and political struggle.
Why this is here
Premise labels: siege · city defense · civil war · hive city · overwhelming invasion · last stand · factional conflict · imperial reinforcement · urban warfare · wartime politics
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1864
Two distant cities collide as warriors, traitors, and ancient magic set off a brutal war for power.
Why this is here
Premise labels: city-state conflict · cross-city journey · traitor retrieval · power struggle · ancient magic · resurrection · possession · artifact magic · war outbreak
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1874
A besieged crab-city becomes the latest battleground in a long war between magic, faith, and an empire of “Perfection.”
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Premise labels: city under siege · imperial conquest · resistance alliance · colonial occupation · ideological empire · demon bargain · lost power · multiple factions
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1912
A nonverbal autistic outcast in a walled theocracy discovers the “demons” beyond the forest may be people.
Why this is here
Premise labels: walled city · false enemy · sentient monsters · oppressive theocracy · outcast protagonist · truth quest · peace broker · forbidden knowledge
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1925
A godless rebel and a loyal Warden clash in a steam-powered city ruled by cruel gods as a dangerous mystery unfolds.
Why this is here
Premise labels: godless rebellion · cruel gods · mystery investigation · city crisis · mismatched allies · manhunt · resistance · religious oppression · class oppression
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2019
![Cover of 進撃の巨人 17 [Shingeki no Kyojin 17] by Hajime Isayama](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1437006241i/18363242.jpg)
A turning-point volume of titans, politics, and revelations as new power shifts reshape the fight for survival.
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Premise labels: giants · titans · siege warfare · political upheaval · wall defense · inheritance of power · secret origins
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Distance: 0.2056
A loyalist legion is blindsided by a devastating betrayal, forcing its primarch into a brutal fight for survival at Calth.
Why this is here
Premise labels: betrayal · planetary assault · brother-legion conflict · siege war · catastrophic invasion · counterattack
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2099
As Terra comes under siege, conscripts, primarchs, and traitors each fight to decide humanity’s fate.
Why this is here
Premise labels: siege warfare · planetary invasion · defensive stand · war of attrition · last stand · apocalyptic conflict · human-vs-superhuman war · conscript defense
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2103
A graphic-novel sequel where a sprawling fantasy court power struggle deepens as rivals, secrets, and loyalties collide.
Why this is here
Premise labels: political intrigue · court intrigue · dynastic conflict · power struggle · war for rule · revelation of treachery
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2116
