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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Spirits in the Wires.

Plot structure labels used: ensemble cast, multiple POV, first person, third person, present tense, past tense, interlocking viewpoints, quest narrative, rescue mission

Focused on “slow burn” 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 Star Wars: Triple Zero by Karen Traviss

Star Wars: Triple Zero

Karen Traviss · 2006 · Star Wars: Republic Commando

Clone commandos and Jedi hunt a Separatist terror network on Coruscant while loyalties, ethics, and family ties collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1220

Cover of The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim  Butcher

The Aeronaut's Windlass

Jim Butcher · 2023 · The Cinder Spires

A disgraced airship captain and an unlikely crew are drawn into a sky war that may hide a far greater danger.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1040

Cover of Radiant Star by Ann Leckie

Radiant Star

Ann Leckie · 2026 · Imperial Radch

On an isolated colony-world, occupation, religious factionalism, and supply collapse turn one ritual choice into citywide crisis.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1493

Cover of The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher

The Six-Gun Tarot

R.S. Belcher · 2013 · Golgotha

In 1869 Nevada, a secretive desert town faces an ancient evil as an unlikely ensemble races to hold back apocalypse.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1567

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Zeroes

Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti · 2015 · Zeroes

Six teens with unusual, costly powers reunite after a fallout and get pulled into a dangerous rescue gone wrong.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1301

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Counting Heads

David Marusek · 2005 · Counting Heads

In a far-future, AI- and clone-filled society, an assassination sets off a tangled struggle over family, power, and survival.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1614

Cover of The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones

The Salt Line

Holly Goddard Jones · 2017

In a near-future America sealed behind walls, wealthy thrill-seekers on a wilderness tour face deadly ticks and human danger.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1621

Cover of Star Wars: The Living Force by John Jackson Miller

Star Wars: The Living Force

John Jackson Miller · 2024 · Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

A pre-Phantom Menace Jedi Council road trip to Kwenn becomes an undercover fight against pirates and Jedi isolation.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1625

Cover of Are You Happy Now by Hanna Jameson

Are You Happy Now

Hanna Jameson · 2023

At a New York wedding, four young adults watch a strange catatonic crisis spread worldwide while their lives, loves, and doubts unravel.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1636