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Premise labels used: return home, small village, secret children, cloning, genetic experiment, scientist doctor, science vs religion, playing God, medical mystery, family secret

Themes labels used: cloning, bioethics, medical ethics, science and religion, good and evil, morality, creation, responsibility, parenthood, childhood trauma, otherness, prejudice, difference, madness, faith, fanaticism, free will, death, immortality, genetics, identity

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Vitro

Jessica Khoury · 2015 · Corpus

A teen heads to a secret Pacific island to find her mother and discovers lab-grown humans, lies, and danger.

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Premise labels: remote island · secret experiments · genetic engineering · lab-grown humans · scientific conspiracy · estranged mother · family secret · scientists playing god · escape mission · identity mystery

Themes labels: ethics of science · creation · humanity · free will · nature versus nurture · identity · family betrayal · parent-child bond · moral responsibility · playing god · servitude · control · what makes us human · science versus morality

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Blood Ties

Sophie McKenzie · 2008 · Blood Ties

Two teens uncover hidden truths about their births and identities while fleeing extremists and a secret genetic conspiracy.

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Premise labels: missing father · identity mystery · cloning · genetic engineering · teen on the run · scientific conspiracy · family secrets · birth mystery · fugitives · experimental births

Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · nature and nurture · ethics of science · genetic engineering · cloning ethics · teen insecurity · bullying · family lies · truth and secrecy · moral ambiguity · good and evil · agency · coming of age · being different · control and surveillance

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Origin in Death

J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts · 2006 · In Death

In 2059 New York, Eve Dallas investigates two immaculate murders tied to a hidden project about perfection and human cloning.

Why this is here

Premise labels: murder investigation · hidden secret · genetic engineering · cloning · designer humans · ethical dilemma · perfection quest · medical conspiracy

Themes labels: perfection · ethics · morality · science and humanity · identity · parenthood · family · justice · abuse of power · control · social conditioning · eugenics · cloning · genetic manipulation · medical ethics · what makes a person human

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A Cold Legacy

Megan Shepherd · 2024 · The Madman’s Daughter

A fugitive young woman hides in a Scottish manor where gothic secrets, mad science, and family legacy collide.

Why this is here

Premise labels: mad science · forbidden experiment · play God · life and death · family legacy · inheritance of madness · safe haven with secrets · manor mystery · haunted estate · scientific experimentation · reanimation · moral dilemma

Themes labels: morality · ethics of science · identity · self-determination · family legacy · madness · grief · love versus duty · playing God · life and death · humanity · redemption · fate · choice · sacrifice · good versus evil

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Ringer

Lauren Oliver · 2017 · Replica

Two separated girls navigate cloning fallout, hidden dangers, and identity questions in a dual-track sci-fi sequel.

Why this is here

Premise labels: human cloning · identity crisis · ethical dilemma · on the run · mistaken identity · search for a cure · outsider status · escape from institution

Themes labels: humanity · identity · selfhood · personhood · bioethics · cloning ethics · rights and dignity · individual rights vs collective good · belonging · freedom · human experimentation · memory and origin · trust · morality of science · family · love · survival · acceptance

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Lady Mechanika Vol. 3: The Lost Boys of West Abbey

Joe Benítez · 2017 · Lady Mechanika Volumes

A steampunk detective probes a child-murder case that may unlock forgotten memories and a dangerous past.

Why this is here

Premise labels: missing children · child murders · investigation · mysterious origins · memory loss · mechanical experiments · golem creation · mind transfer · secret cult · dark secrets

Themes labels: identity · memory · trauma · origin mystery · unethical experimentation · human vs machine · life force · immortality · justice for the poor · class neglect · science and magic · good vs evil · death of innocents

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Sweet Tooth, Vol. 2: In Captivity

Jeff Lemire · 2010 · Sweet Tooth

In a plague-ravaged world, captive hybrid children and a mercenary’s past reveal new clues to a terrifying mystery.

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Premise labels: plague cure · hybrid children · captivity · survival · post-apocalyptic world · military-scientific compound · origin mystery · backstory reveal

Themes labels: survival · loss · guilt · betrayal · redemption · identity · parentage · morality of science · exploitation · innocence · hope · dehumanization · trauma

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Replica

Lauren Oliver · 2016 · Replica

Two teens on opposite sides of a secret cloning conspiracy uncover truths that can only be seen together.

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Premise labels: cloning · human experimentation · secret facility · identity crisis · family secrets · escape · answers quest · split journey

Themes labels: identity · individuality · humanity · nature vs nurture · choice · agency · ethics · morality · freedom · self-discovery · belonging · body image · conspiracy · what makes a person human · science and ethics

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The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Mary E. Pearson · 2008 · Jenna Fox Chronicles

A teen wakes from a coma with missing memories and uncovers a shocking secret about her body, family, and humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: amnesia · coma recovery · identity mystery · hidden secret · bioethics dilemma · medical intervention · near-future crisis · humanity question

Themes labels: medical ethics · bioethics · identity · self-perception · memory · humanity · free will · parental sacrifice · choices · consciousness · morality · death and dignity · body autonomy · coming of age · forgiveness · faith and science

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The God Project

John Saul · 1983

In an 1980s small town, grieving parents uncover a secret genetic project tied to missing and endangered children.

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Premise labels: missing children · child endangerment · genetic engineering · secret experiment · government conspiracy · medical conspiracy · scientific hubris · small-town panic · sudden infant death

Themes labels: ethics of science · playing God · genetic manipulation · parental fear · child vulnerability · surveillance · government secrecy · medical ethics · military research · corporate collusion · truth seeking · loss and grief · conspiracy · identity and development · morality of experimentation

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Seize the Night

Dean Koontz · 2001 · Moonlight Bay

A light-shy man hunts for missing children in a secretive California town where a military base hides twisted science.

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Premise labels: missing children · abandoned military base · genetic experiments · nocturnal protagonist · rare genetic disorder · secret research · small-town secrets · animal intelligence · time-travel experiment · kidnapping investigation

Themes labels: human experimentation · genetic engineering · light and darkness · good and evil · human arrogance · rescue mission · secrecy · trust · sacrifice · vulnerability · night as refuge · science gone wrong · parental loss · moral courage · identity through disability

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Off Target

Eve Smith · 2022

A desperate would-be mother makes a dangerous genetic choice, then faces the fallout of a near-future bioethics crisis.

Why this is here

Premise labels: designer babies · genetic engineering · infertility · pregnancy secret · moral dilemma · medical ethics · unintended consequences · cover-up · reproductive technology · perfect child

Themes labels: ethics · eugenics · fertility · infertility · motherhood · parental choice · medical intervention · nature versus nurture · identity · perfectionism · power and control · scientific responsibility · body autonomy · consequences · deception · consumer medicine · social pressure · playing god · disability · human experimentation

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