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Premise labels used: amnesiac protagonist, cryogenic wake-up, paraplegic protagonist, wasteland quest, mysterious mission, survival task, retrieval mission, post-collapse survival

Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic world, radiated wasteland, underground community, ruined city, toxic environment, nuclear aftermath, futuristic dystopia

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Little Mushroom: Judgment Day

Yi Shi Si Zhou · 2022 · Little Mushroom (Novel)

A sentient mushroom infiltrates a ruined human base to recover his stolen spore while hiding from a deadly judge.

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Premise labels: sentient protagonist · identity concealment · stolen heirloom · search quest · nonhuman protagonist · post-collapse survival · mutant world · human infiltration

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · dystopian future · human bases · wasteland · mutated ecosystem · militarized society · cosmic radiation aftermath · ecological collapse · fortified enclaves

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Frost

M.P. Kozlowsky · 2016

A sheltered teen crosses a ruined city with a robot companion to save her dying pet and confront what humanity means.

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Premise labels: isolated survivor · post-apocalyptic quest · rescue mission · dying companion · journey home · ruined city · robots vs humans · humanity question · first journey · survival quest

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic city · ruined wasteland · abandoned apartment building · future world · ravaged city · dystopian landscape · isolated shelter · ruined streets · speculative reality

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Distance: 0.1275

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The Maze Runner Trilogy

James Dashner · 2013 · The Maze Runner

An amnesiac teen wakes in a deadly maze, then faces escalating trials in a post-apocalyptic world built on secrets.

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Premise labels: amnesia survival · maze escape · deadly trials · cure quest · post-apocalyptic survival · mystery box · scientific experiment · controlled environment · escape and pursuit

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · maze enclosure · wasteland · dystopian future · desolate landscape · isolated compound · survival arena · ruined Earth · scientific facility · teen society

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Ghosts

Nicholas Sansbury Smith · 2017 · Hell Divers

A surface mission in a ruined future Earth uncovers buried truths, mounting unrest, and a dangerous leader’s secrets.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · airship society · surface scavenging · missing signal · hidden secrets · betrayal · humanity survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · flying airship · surface wasteland · radiated wasteland · toxic planet · future Earth · destroyed world · closed society

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Kings of Carrion

Keri Lake · 2019 · Juniper Unraveling

In a ruined world, survivors race back into a sealed nightmare to find a cure, save loved ones, and survive the cost.

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Premise labels: survival · cure quest · rescue mission · sealed facility · mutated monsters · infected world · forced sacrifice · protected survivors · experimental fallout · love amid catastrophe

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · sealed facility · underground tunnels · desert wasteland · dystopian landscape · infected world · mutated underground

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Distance: 0.1333

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Wonder Woman: Dead Earth

Daniel Warren Johnson · 2020 · Wonder Woman: Dead Earth

Wonder Woman wakes in a ruined future and must protect humanity while uncovering the truth behind Earth’s destruction.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · hero wakes up later · lost world mystery · monster-fighting · last city · doomsday aftermath · second chance

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · nuclear wasteland · dystopia · ruined future · last human city · monster-haunted world · Themyscira

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Blame!, Vol. 1

Tsutomu Nihei · 2005 · Blame! [ブラム!]

A silent wanderer crosses a colossal cyberpunk megastructure, fighting machines and uncovering a hidden human future.

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Premise labels: mysterious quest · artifact search · survival journey · megastructure exploration · silent protagonist · post-apocalyptic survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · cyberpunk · megacity · labyrinthine structure · industrial ruins · dystopian future · vertical city · biomechanical world

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Apocalypse

Kyle West · 2012 · The Wasteland Chronicles

A sheltered teen leaves his bunker after disaster and must survive a monster-haunted wasteland and a spreading virus.

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Premise labels: apocalypse survival · bunker escape · post-collapse journey · viral outbreak · monster invasion · wasteland survival · coming of age · quarantine breach

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · underground bunker · wasteland · ruined earth · desolate landscape · surface survival · near-future · earth after impact

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Distance: 0.1358

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Pure

Julianna Baggott · 2012 · Pure

In a nuclear-ravaged world split between Dome-dwellers and mutated survivors, two teens risk everything to find truth.

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Premise labels: nuclear aftermath · split society · survival quest · escape from dome · lost mother search · apocalyptic mutation · controlled enclave · outside world survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · nuclear holocaust aftermath · domed enclave · wasteland · ash-covered world · controlled society · ruined Earth · climate-controlled dome

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Beneath the Fallen City

Jamie A. Waters · 2018 · The Omni Towers

A fierce scavenger from the ruins is pulled into tower politics, hidden powers, and a dangerous romance.

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Premise labels: scavenger protagonist · artifact recovery · resource exchange · ruined cities · tower elites · hidden identity · recruitment offer · survival stakes · love triangle

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · dystopian society · ruined cities · surface camps · towers · hierarchical world · survivalist wasteland

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Us Deadly Few

Alexis Patton · 2024 · Us Dark Few

After escaping prison, Khalani and her crew cross a deadly wasteland toward another city, where danger and desire collide.

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Premise labels: escape narrative · survival quest · prison escape · journey to safety · forbidden romance · enemies to lovers · forced proximity · cliffhanger sequel · underground city · post-collapse survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · underground prison · underground city · desert traversal · surface world · corrupt city · radiation fallout · nuclear aftermath · wasteland · dystopian society

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Endurance

Ann Aguirre · 2012 · Razorland

Two outcast friends flee a collapsing underground enclave, fighting monsters, old rules, and feelings they can’t deny.

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Premise labels: survival quest · escape narrative · forbidden romance · post-collapse community · underground society

Setting labels: underground enclave · tunnels · topside · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian society · collapsed community · bunker · ruins

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Distance: 0.1441

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