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Timothy Zahn

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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 “quest narrative” 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 The Time Hunters by Carl Ashmore

The Time Hunters

Carl Ashmore · 2010 · Time Hunters

A reluctant girl and her brother discover their eccentric uncle’s time-travel secret and race across history for a mythic prize.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1119

Cover of To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Philip José Farmer · 1973 · Riverworld

A resurrected explorer must navigate an endless alien river where all humanity has returned to uncover who made it and why.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1148

Cover of Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien

Birthmarked

Caragh M. O'Brien · 2010 · Birthmarked

A teen midwife in a harsh walled future risks everything to rescue her arrested parents and uncover her society’s secrets.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1154

Cover of The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ransom Riggs

The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry

Ransom Riggs · 2024 · Sunderworld

A grieving, underestimated teen in Los Angeles discovers the 90s show he obsessed over is real—and dangerously unfinished.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1159

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Ice

Kevin Tinto · 2016 · Dr. Leah Andrews and Jack Hobson Thrillers

An archaeologist’s cave discovery links New Mexico to Antarctica, igniting a globe-spanning race and a nuclear crisis.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1162

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