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Diane Duane

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Premise labels used: rescue mission, missing wizard, prolonged ordeal, autistic wizard, grief aftermath, mind journey, battle evil, special powers

Setting labels used: contemporary fantasy, magical worlds, mindscape, internal landscape, school-age world, urban fantasy setting, otherworld travel, Dream setting

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Waverider

Kazu Kibuishi · 2024 · Amulet

In the final Amulet adventure, Emily and her allies race across worlds to stop the shadows and save their people.

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Premise labels: final quest · world-saving mission · parallel missions · rescue family · restore peace · fight shadows · power awakening · return journey · last stand

Setting labels: fantasy world · Earth · other worlds · space setting · alternate reality · parallel timeline · time travel setting · world-spanning

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Distance: 0.1656

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The Last Adventure of Constance Verity

A. Lee Martinez · 2016 · Constance Verity

A world-saving adventurer tries to quit destiny by killing her fairy godmother and claiming an ordinary life.

Why this is here

Premise labels: chosen one · reluctant hero · destiny vs free will · normal life · identity crisis · fairy godmother curse · one last mission · save the world · break the spell · kill the fairy godmother

Setting labels: contemporary fantasy · urban setting · alternate realities · outer space · time travel · multiverse · Earth · fantastical reality · secret conspiracies

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Distance: 0.1754

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Tanequil

Terry Brooks · 2005 · High Druid of Shannara

A young hero hunts a magical tree to rescue his aunt from a demon prison as rival powers close in.

Why this is here

Premise labels: quest to rescue · magical object quest · rescue mission · forbidden world · political coup · demonic prison · power struggle · good versus evil

Setting labels: imaginary world · secondary world · post-doomsday world · forbidden realm · demon world · forest setting · mountain homeland

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1768

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A Gathering of Gargoyles

Meredith Ann Pierce · 1998 · Darkangel Trilogy

A young heroine sets out on a riddle-led quest to save her world, her husband, and the lost guardians.

Why this is here

Premise labels: quest · riddle · curse reversal · rescue mission · world-saving mission · lost guardians

Setting labels: fantasy world · otherworldly setting · moon setting · futuristic moon · desert sea · multiple kingdoms · island journey · high fantasy · mythic setting

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Distance: 0.1815

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Coda, Vol. 1

Simon Spurrier · 2019 · Coda

A grumpy bard crosses a magic-starved wasteland with a foul-mouthed unicorn to save his wife and survive the fallout.

Why this is here

Premise labels: post-apocalyptic fantasy · magic loss · quest · rescue mission · power struggle · lost love · survival

Setting labels: fantasy world · post-apocalyptic world · wasteland · ruined kingdom · magic-scarce world · imaginary places

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1826

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Mister Monday

Garth Nix · 2006 · The Keys to the Kingdom

An asthmatic boy is pulled into a vast hidden House, where a magical key makes him heir to a cosmic struggle.

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Premise labels: chosen one · magical object · quest · plague outbreak · otherworldly house · heir to power · save the world

Setting labels: contemporary secondary world · parallel world · otherworldly house · interdimensional setting · bureaucratic fantasy world · clockwork world · mythic fantasy setting · school setting · town quarantine

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Distance: 0.1827

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Convergence

Craig Alanson · 2022 · Convergence

A fugitive wizard with little magic and a talking dog races to stop magic’s return in modern-day America.

Why this is here

Premise labels: wizard on the run · talking animal companion · magic returning · world convergence · hidden identity · fugitive protagonist · save the world

Setting labels: modern world · contemporary America · urban fantasy setting · earthbound setting · hidden supernatural world · magic-in-the-modern-world

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Distance: 0.1859

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Golem in the Gears

Piers Anthony · 1997 · Xanth

A tiny golem seeks respect on a quest for a lost dragon, only to find romance, danger, and a relentless pursuer.

Why this is here

Premise labels: quest · rescue mission · lost dragon · underestimated hero · self-worth · romantic quest

Setting labels: fantasy world · magical kingdom · imaginary place · series world · tower setting · under-the-bed setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1868

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Stormbringer

Michael Moorcock · 1965 · The Elric Saga

A doomed albino sorcerer must wield his soul-drinking sword to save his wife and face a world-ending war of Chaos and Law.

Why this is here

Premise labels: doomed hero · final quest · rescue mission · world-ending conflict · cosmic struggle · fated protagonist · sword quest · apocalyptic stakes · balance of powers · artifact retrieval

Setting labels: secondary world · fantasy world · multiverse · alternate planes · other dimensions · apocalyptic setting · mythic past · distant past · world at war · imaginary place

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Distance: 0.1871

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The Wizard's Dilemma

Diane Duane · 2005 · Young Wizards

A teen wizard must confront her mother’s terminal illness when magic cannot easily save the person she loves most.

Why this is here

Premise labels: teen wizard · illness dilemma · parental loss · deal with evil · life or death choice · magic cannot fix everything

Setting labels: contemporary world · alternate worlds · pocket universes · wizarding reality · school-age setting

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Distance: 0.1890

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Gates of Thread and Stone

Lori M. Lee · 2014 · Gates of Thread and Stone

A girl with hidden time magic hunts for her missing brother and uncovers secrets that could reshape her city.

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Premise labels: time manipulation · missing sibling · rescue mission · hidden power · secret identity · journey quest · revolution · memory loss · unlikely family

Setting labels: dystopian fantasy · post-apocalyptic · city-state · slums · walled city · labyrinthine city · desert wasteland · magic-dominated society · ruined world

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Anchored

Bridget E. Baker · 2021 · Anchored

A runaway teen wakes between Earth and a hidden world, where her secret power could save—or doom—both realities.

Why this is here

Premise labels: dual worlds · alternate reality · hidden power · secret identity · runaway · missing past · dream world · worlds colliding · prophecy · chosen one · interworld connection · two-life protagonist

Setting labels: Earth · Terra · alternate reality · contemporary setting · fantasy realm · parallel worlds · urban fantasy setting · mythic world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1896

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