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Richard L. Sanders

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

Themes labels used: conspiracy, loyalty, truth-seeking, duty, corruption, morality, leadership, betrayal, identity, greed, power, imperial politics, racial prejudice, class hierarchy, good vs evil, hidden agendas

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Assassinorum: Kingmaker

Robert Rath · 2022

Three Imperial assassins infiltrate a Knight World to topple a ruler, sway a succession, and avert secession.

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Premise labels: assassination mission · regicide · succession crisis · political intrigue · infiltration · spy mission · imperial loyalty · covert operation

Themes labels: loyalty · duty · betrayal · identity · agency · power struggles · political manipulation · social hierarchy · imperial control · morality · transformation · human cost

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Night Train to Rigel

Timothy Zahn · 2006 · Quadrail

A former agent follows a dead man's ticket onto a galaxy-spanning space train and stumbles into an interstellar conspiracy.

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Premise labels: space train · galaxywide conspiracy · former agent · private eye · missing explanation · dead-drop summons · interstellar investigation · save the galaxy · alien-run transport network · secret employer · forced partnership · body-snatchers threat

Themes labels: conspiracy · deception · trust · loyalty · hidden agendas · political intrigue · agency · duty · control · mind control · identity · social hierarchy · class system · war prevention · galactic domination

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Shadow of Victory

David Weber · 2016 · Honorverse: Saganami Island

An interstellar conspiracy and the rebellions it sparks unfold across multiple worlds as war and deception collide.

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Premise labels: interstellar war · covert operation · false flag operation · uprising · revolution · political intrigue · space warfare · conspiracy

Themes labels: war · freedom · oppression · propaganda · reputation · deception · colonialism · imperialism · resistance · conspiracy · political manipulation · state power · moral ambiguity · consequences · betrayal · genetic engineering

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Wedge's Gamble

Michael A. Stackpole · 1996 · Star Wars: X-Wing

Rogue Squadron goes undercover on Coruscant to weaken the Empire, but betrayal and a deadly virus threaten the rebellion.

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Premise labels: espionage mission · undercover operation · military infiltration · planetary assault · spy thriller · invasion prep · sabotage mission · traitor hunt · bio-weapon plot · resistance campaign

Themes labels: espionage · betrayal · war and governance · occupation · propaganda · prejudice · speciesism · class differences · intelligence work · sacrifice · moral dilemmas · power politics · resistance · trust

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Chaos Vector

Megan E. O'Keefe · 2020 · The Protectorate

A fugitive soldier hunts the truth behind a chip in her head while interstellar factions, spies, and a rogue AI collide.

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Premise labels: rogue AI · interstellar politics · hidden coordinates · dead gate · flight from powerful factions · search for truth · political intrigue · space warfare · survival

Themes labels: trust · corruption · power · identity · morality · survival · truth vs deception · loyalty · leadership · political manipulation · war prevention · family

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Starshine

G.S. Jennsen · 2021 · Aurora Rhapsody

A starship pilot and a covert operative uncover a galaxy-spanning conspiracy and must join forces to stop war and invasion.

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Premise labels: space anomaly · galactic conspiracy · first contact · uneasy alliance · war prevention · alien threat · political intrigue · espionage · forbidden discovery

Themes labels: trust · betrayal · political power · war and peace · humanity's future · freedom · duty · conscience · identity · gender equality · class · race · surveillance · technology and ethics · conspiracy

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These Burning Stars

Bethany Jacobs · 2023 · The Kindom Trilogy

A hacker’s stolen secret draws her into a deadly interstellar chase through a corrupt theocratic empire.

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Premise labels: cat-and-mouse chase · revenge quest · galactic manhunt · hidden secret · conspiracy · memory object · empire collapse · truth exposure

Themes labels: corruption · genocide · colonialism · state violence · religion · power abuse · loyalty · betrayal · identity · gender · queerness · community · exploitation · class power · memory · revenge · obsession · moral ambiguity · empire · oppression

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Inferno Squad

Christie Golden · 2017 · Star Wars: Battlefront

An elite Imperial squad goes undercover after the Death Star’s destruction, hunting a rebel splinter cell from within.

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Premise labels: Imperial squad · undercover mission · infiltration · counterintelligence · deep cover · espionage thriller · enemy infiltration · moral gray area · post-disaster retaliation · elite team

Themes labels: loyalty · duty · moral ambiguity · war ethics · propaganda · brainwashing · humanizing the enemy · good and evil · terrorism · patriotism · identity · empire and rebellion · corruption · sacrifice · trust

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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

Themes labels: war and peace · corruption · bureaucracy · power politics · statecraft · loyalty · deception · strategic planning · technology and warfare · moral certainty · institutional decay · alliance politics

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The Stars, Like Dust

Isaac Asimov · 1991 · Galactic Empire

A hunted student races across a tyrannical galaxy to solve his father’s murder and uncover a rebellion.

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Premise labels: fugitive hero · assassination attempt · murder mystery · political intrigue · space rebellion · galactic conspiracy · fleeing student · imperial oppression · quest for the truth

Themes labels: freedom · resistance · imperialism · political control · self-government · destiny · trust and betrayal · war and aftermath · truth seeking · authority · optimism · historical decline

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Catalyst Gate

Megan E. O'Keefe · 2021 · The Protectorate

A crew of allies races to stop an ancient alien intelligence and unravel the gate mystery before humanity is destroyed.

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Premise labels: existential threat · alien intelligence · humanity in danger · gate mystery · crew mission · stopping a powerful enemy · interstellar conspiracy · galactic stakes

Themes labels: family · identity · truth and secrets · sacrifice · leadership · corruption · war · consequences · humanity · civilization · memory · redemption · love · belonging · grief · power

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Spaceside

Michael Mammay · 2019 · Planetside

A disgraced ex-colonel takes a corporate security case and stumbles into murder, espionage, and old ghosts.

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Premise labels: corporate espionage · security breach · investigation · murder mystery · conspiracy · alien intrigue · paranoia · aftermath

Themes labels: guilt · atonement · consequences · moral ambiguity · truth and deception · corruption · corporate power · military-industrial complex · paranoia · identity · trauma · survival · accountability · justice

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