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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Flashback.

Characterization labels used: ex-cop, addict protagonist, disgraced detective, hard-boiled hero, anti-hero, whiny protagonist, unlikeable characters, flawed hero, tough guy, grieving widower, estranged son, powerful businessman, watchdog bodyguard, grandfather figure

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Cover of A Fire in the Sun by George Alec Effinger

A Fire in the Sun

George Alec Effinger · 2006 · Marîd Audran

A reluctant cop in a futuristic Arab underworld is pulled into a deadly power struggle that threatens his city and his freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1436

Cover of The Acolyte by Nick Cutter

The Acolyte

Nick Cutter · 2015

In a theocratic future city, a faith-police enforcer investigates bombings while his own belief system starts to unravel.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1490

Cover of Ghost by John Ringo

Ghost

John Ringo · 2006 · Paladin of Shadows

A medically retired ex-SEAL in college stumbles into terrorist plots, then barrels into extreme violence, sex, and revenge.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1520

Cover of Spares by Michael Marshall Smith

Spares

Michael Marshall Smith · 1997

An ex-cop junkie in a vertical cyberpunk city rescues human clones and is dragged back into his own buried past.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1543

Cover of The Running Man by Richard  Bachman

The Running Man

Richard Bachman, Stephen King · 1999

A desperate father enters a deadly televised manhunt to save his sick child in a ruthless near-future America.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1637

Cover of TekWar by William Shatner

TekWar

William Shatner · 1990 · TekWar

A framed ex-cop in a retrofuture noir investigates a missing scientist and a mind-altering drug trade.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1641

Cover of Dead of Night by Jonathan Maberry

Dead of Night

Jonathan Maberry · 2011 · Dead of Night

A prison-executed serial killer becomes the spark for a fast-moving zombie outbreak in rural Pennsylvania.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1650

Cover of Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard

Carter & Lovecraft

Jonathan L. Howard · 2015 · Carter & Lovecraft

An ex-cop PI inherits a Providence bookstore and is pulled into a bizarre, reality-bending mystery tied to Lovecraftian mythos.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1671

Cover of White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson

White Gold Wielder

Stephen R. Donaldson · 1983 · The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

A guilt-ridden anti-hero returns to a ravaged fantasy world for one last, costly showdown with evil.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1677

Cover of United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas

United States of Japan

Peter Tieryas · 2016 · Mecha Samurai Empire

In a Japan-victorious America, a game censor and secret police agent probe an illegal game that could expose dangerous truths.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1682