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Premise labels used: global pandemic, flu pandemic, family survival, prepper protagonist, quarantine, societal collapse, resource scarcity, home defense, neighbor conflict, civilizational breakdown, disaster preparedness

Setting labels used: Maine, New England, suburban neighborhood, one street, one house, one neighborhood, small-town USA, contemporary setting, global outbreak, winter setting, post-collapse society, quarantine at home

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The Last Tribe

Brad Manuel · 2015

A teenage boy and scattered family members try to reunite after a deadly pandemic leaves only a few survivors.

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Premise labels: global pandemic · post-apocalyptic survival · family reunion · survivor community · search for family · rebuilding society

Setting labels: New England · Boston · New Hampshire · South Carolina · United States · global pandemic · locked-down society · winter setting · post-collapse America · remote homestead

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Distance: 0.1346

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The Fireman

Joe Hill · 2017

A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.

Why this is here

Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · spontaneous combustion · infected survivors · plague survival · post-collapse community · protective outsider · pregnant protagonist · mysterious guardian · contagious disease

Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world

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Distance: 0.1651

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Autumn

David Moody · 2005 · Autumn

A deadly plague wipes out nearly everyone, then the dead begin to rise, forcing a few ordinary survivors to endure a changing world.

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Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · mass mortality · survivor group · rising dead · end of civilization · survival crisis · human extinction · post-collapse survival

Setting labels: England · British setting · rural refuge · community center · farmhouse · post-collapse world · small-town setting · apocalypse aftermath · cold atmosphere · light and sound

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Distance: 0.1705

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A Cure for Madness

Jodi McIsaac · 2016

A sister must protect her mentally ill brother as a townwide outbreak turns sanity into a weapon and forces an impossible choice.

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Premise labels: family crisis · outbreak · quarantine · government conspiracy · moral dilemma · save family or world · infectious madness · sibling burden

Setting labels: small town · Maine · Seattle · quarantine zone · contemporary · pandemic era feel · rural community

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1741

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Home

Tom Abrahams · 2015 · The Traveler

A fortified prepper in plague-ravaged Texas breaks isolation to help a desperate woman, drawing danger to his door.

Why this is here

Premise labels: pandemic survival · isolated homestead · prepper protagonist · family loss · rescue dilemma · fortified property · post-collapse survival

Setting labels: near future · post-pandemic · rural Texas · central Texas ranch · post-collapse America · lawless landscape · compound setting · isolated homestead

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Distance: 0.1794

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Book of the Dead: AESLI-00

V.E.S. Pullen · 2020 · The JAK2 Cycle

A sick teen in a post-pandemic military town uncovers a dangerous secret as several mysterious boys orbit her life.

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Premise labels: post-pandemic world · quarantine community · hidden conspiracy · chronically ill heroine · multiple suitors · secretive base · government control · mystery illness

Setting labels: post-pandemic future · military base · small-town facade · quarantine zone · high school setting · medical setting · controlled community · United States

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Distance: 0.1841

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Hell on Earth

Tony Urban · 2016 · Life of the Dead

A zombie plague collapses America, and a scattered cast of survivors must fight, flee, and endure as the dead rise.

Why this is here

Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival struggle · outbreak aftermath · multiple survivors · civilization collapse · man-made plague

Setting labels: United States · small town · farm · cities · apocalypse setting · world-ending crisis

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Distance: 0.1877

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Frontier Justice

Arthur T. Bradley · 2013 · The Survivalist

After a man-made supervirus collapses society, a U.S. marshal fights to protect a survivor town from violent chaos.

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Premise labels: pandemic survival · viral outbreak · collapse of society · lawman protagonist · town defense · survivalist skills · good vs evil · frontier justice · post-collapse law enforcement · apocalyptic scavenging

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · rural town · wasteland · collapsed government · pandemic aftermath · survivalist cabin · lawless frontier · small-town survival · post-collapse civilization

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Distance: 0.1894

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Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin · 2022

In a virus-ravaged post-apocalypse, trans survivors hunt feral men, fight TERF militias, and cling to bodies, love, and hormones.

Why this is here

Premise labels: pandemic survival · gender plague · monster hunt · found family · resource scarcity · trans survival · anti-trans violence · post-collapse survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · New England · ravaged coast · bunker society · collapse aftermath · virus-ravaged world · dystopian future

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Distance: 0.1916

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Pandemonium

Susanna Strom · 2020 · World Fallen

A college student shelters with a prepper cousin as a deadly flu collapses society, and sparks with a biker neighbor grow fast.

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Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · collapse of society · survival romance · compound shelter · prepper refuge · forbidden attraction · bad boy romance · biker romance · found family

Setting labels: pandemic setting · post collapse · apocalyptic world · compound · bunker · Pacific Northwest · Oregon · Portland · college campus · dorm

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Distance: 0.1923

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Survivor Song

Paul Tremblay · 2020

During a rabies-like outbreak in Massachusetts, a pregnant woman and her doctor friend race through quarantine to reach care.

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Premise labels: viral outbreak · infection spread · race against time · pregnancy crisis · medical urgency · survival journey · hospital quest

Setting labels: Massachusetts · New England · hospital setting · quarantine setting · curfew setting · urban/suburban survival · post apocalyptic landscape · pandemic setting · contemporary setting · United States

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Distance: 0.1971

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Dark Inside

Jeyn Roberts · 2011 · Dark Inside

After world-shaking earthquakes, four teens race to survive as ordinary people become murderous, rage-filled hunters.

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Premise labels: apocalyptic outbreak · survival · mass panic · humanity turns violent · moral collapse · fight to stay alive · hidden evil · infected humans · social breakdown · end times

Setting labels: contemporary · apocalypse onset · Earth · North America · United States · Canada · Seattle · Vancouver · small town · cities · rural areas · post-earthquake devastation · collapsed society

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Distance: 0.1981

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