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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Dragon and Thief.

Plot structure labels used: series setup, open-ended, cliffhanger ending, partial resolution, larger arc, ongoing mystery, quest segments, heist structure, fast-paced, twists and reveals, foreshadowing, interlocking conflicts, suspense-driven, contained first installment

Focused on “cross-cutting” where exact label matches exist.

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

Cover of A Dragon of Black Glass by James Rollins

A Dragon of Black Glass

James Rollins · 2025 · Moonfall

Nyx and her allies race across a scorched, shattered world to stop moonfall with ancient weapons before time runs out.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1141

Cover of Kingdom Come by J.N. Chaney

Kingdom Come

J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert · 2022 · Backyard Starship

A bounty-beset crew races across the galaxy to expose a conspiracy while dodging the law and chasing justice.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0930

Cover of The Family Trade by Charles Stross

The Family Trade

Charles Stross · 2004 · The Merchant Princes

A fired journalist discovers she’s heir to a world-walking clan and must survive its ruthless parallel-world power games.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1015

Cover of Patterns in the Dark by Lindsay Buroker

Patterns in the Dark

Lindsay Buroker · 2014 · Dragon Blood

A rogue mission to save a missing sister turns into a dangerous hunt for the last dragon and a weaponized secret.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1028

Cover of Precipice by John Jackson Miller

Precipice

John Jackson Miller · 2009 · Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith

A Sith mining crew crash-lands on an alien world and must survive mutiny, betrayal, and a brutal struggle for command.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1039

Cover of The Skin Map by Stephen R. Lawhead

The Skin Map

Stephen R. Lawhead · 2010 · Bright Empires

A London man is pulled into a ley-line quest across time and worlds after meeting his supposedly dead great-grandfather.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1041

Cover of A Call to Vengeance by David  Weber

A Call to Vengeance

David Weber, Timothy Zahn, Thomas Pope · 2018 · Honorverse: Manticore Ascendant

A battered young navy and its officers race to expose a hidden enemy and survive political sabotage after a home-system attack.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1054

Cover of Ship of Ruin by Lindsay Buroker

Ship of Ruin

Lindsay Buroker · 2019 · Star Kingdom

A quirky robotics professor is pulled into a spacefaring scramble over ancient technology, hidden secrets, and a deadly contagion.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1056