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Torch of Freedom

David Weber, Eric Flint

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Premise labels used: spy mission, political intrigue, assassination plot, hidden conspiracy, undercover investigation, liberated colony, state takeover attempt, power struggle

Setting labels used: spacefaring future, interstellar politics, multiple star systems, wormhole network, occupied planet, liberated colony, spy-world setting, military campaign setting

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Zero Sum Game

David Mack · Star Trek: Typhon Pact

A genetically enhanced doctor goes undercover in enemy territory to stop stolen super-tech from powering a new alliance.

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Premise labels: covert mission · stolen technology · infiltration · espionage operation · sabotage mission · undercover assignment · enemy territory · political rival

Setting labels: space station · spacefaring future · interstellar politics · fleet yards · enemy territory · border conflict · fictional alien society

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Distance: 0.1342

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A Rising Thunder

David Weber · 2012 · Honor Harrington

A militarized space empire faces conspiracy, alliance shifts, and a looming interstellar war in a setup-heavy series installment.

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Premise labels: space war · political intrigue · interstellar conflict · conspiracy · new enemy · alliance building · galactic power struggle

Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar politics · star empires · wormhole network · military space setting · political institutions · multiple star systems

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Distance: 0.1415

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The Queen's Advantage

Jessie Mihalik · 2019 · Rogue Queen

A rogue queen enters an emperor’s court to expose traitors, survive attacks, and untangle a slow-burn attraction.

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Premise labels: traitor hunt · court intrigue · assassination attempts · political conspiracy · protective mission · romantic tension

Setting labels: spacefaring future · imperial court · capital city · home planet · galactic politics · courtly setting · space travel

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Distance: 0.1418

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Cauldron of Ghosts

David Weber, Eric Flint · 2014 · Honorverse: Crown of Slaves

Two superspies return to Mesa to expose a hidden genetic-caste conspiracy while the planet erupts into revolt.

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Premise labels: spy mission · undercover operation · genetic conspiracy · secret society · uprising · covert infiltration · alliance politics

Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar politics · Mesa · underworld · urban combat · planetary society · distant future

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Distance: 0.1439

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Juggler of Worlds

Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner · 2008 · Fleet of Worlds

A paranoid Earth agent and a secretive alien strategist play a galaxy-spanning game of hidden motives and conspiracies.

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Premise labels: conspiracy investigation · spy vs spy · alien intrigue · political maneuvering · secret history

Setting labels: far future · Known Space · interstellar civilization · human-alien contact · spacefaring society · galactic scale · pre-Ringworld

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Distance: 0.1610

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Boundless

Jack Campbell · 2021 · The Lost Fleet: Outlands

A fleet admiral must survive political attacks and escort a mission into dangerous alien territory.

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Premise labels: political fallout · escort mission · diplomatic mission · scientific mission · alien contact · fleet mission · government corruption · assassination attempts

Setting labels: future space · interstellar · Alliance space · capital star system · human-occupied space · alien-controlled space · Syndicate Worlds · Midway Star System · hypernet gates · space navy

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Distance: 0.1651

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The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

Harry Harrison · 1997 · Stainless Steel Rat

A charming thief-spy is sent undercover to stop an impossible interplanetary invasion, with his dangerous wife in tow.

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Premise labels: undercover mission · impossible invasion · criminal agent · thief-turned-operative · government assignment · interstellar conflict · infiltration mission · anti-invasion scheme

Setting labels: far future · interstellar · galactic · alien worlds · militaristic planet · matriarchal planet · spacefaring civilization · space war · space empire · sci-fi universe

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Distance: 0.1674

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The Phoenix Conspiracy

Richard L. Sanders · 2011 · The Phoenix Conspiracy

An intelligence officer hunts a rogue captain across the galaxy, uncovering a conspiracy that could shake the empire.

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Premise labels: intel operative · rogue captain · conspiracy · interstellar pursuit · shadowy manipulation · traitor hunt · military investigation · galactic mystery

Setting labels: spacefaring empire · interstellar travel · future setting · galaxy-spanning · military spaceship setting · alien civilizations · seedy space locales · outposts and stations · stealth warships · space opera reality

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Distance: 0.1719

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The Shattering Peace

John Scalzi · 2025 · Old Man's War

A diplomat is sent to investigate a vanished mixed-species colony as an alien civil war threatens a fragile galactic peace.

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Premise labels: uneasy peace · diplomatic crisis · interstellar politics · missing colony · secret mission · civil war · alien conflict · treaty enforcement · galactic stakes

Setting labels: interstellar space · far future · galactic politics · colonized worlds · asteroid colony · space station · mixed-species colony · alien civilizations · Old Man's War universe

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Distance: 0.1739

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The Better Part of Valor

Tanya Huff · 2002 · Confederation of Valor

A sharp-tongued marine sergeant leads a mixed team into an alien ship that turns the mission into a deadly trap.

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Premise labels: military mission · alien ship · recon mission · secret assignment · scientific expedition · escort duty · ragtag team · political maneuvering · enemy encounter · mystery mission

Setting labels: far future · spacefaring society · interstellar war · Confederation space · alien spacecraft · colonized planets · terraformed planets · uncharted space

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Distance: 0.1742

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Dead Man's Debt

Elliott Kay · 2016 · Poor Man's Fight

A war-weary naval grunt is pulled back into interstellar power games, covert ops, and a fight to expose the truth.

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Premise labels: interstellar war · corporate domination · reluctant hero · covert missions · political intrigue · espionage · diplomacy · military debt · occupied territory

Setting labels: interstellar future · multi-system humanity · star system conflict · space navy · corporate-dominated future · planetary occupation · militarized society · political institutions

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Distance: 0.1750

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Raven Stratagem

Yoon Ha Lee · 2017 · The Machineries of Empire

A rogue general commandeers a fleet in a calendar-driven space empire, forcing allies and enemies into a dangerous trust game.

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Premise labels: rogue general · fleet command · alien invasion · possession · rebellion · political intrigue · insider vs empire · loyalty test

Setting labels: spacefaring empire · interstellar system · military hierarchy · oppressive regime · calendar-based reality · war-torn future · fictional universe

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Distance: 0.1752

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