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Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic world, dystopian society, women-only refuge, walled city, wilds, rebuilding society, capital city, future America, plague aftermath
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In a brutal post-plague world, Flora travels between fragile communities while battling oppression, identity, and a looming threat.
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Setting labels: post-plague world · post-apocalyptic USA · gendered society · scarce-women society · island setting · underground city · settlement politics · blighted landscape
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Distance: 0.0831
A memory-lost teen in a last human colony must survive a robot plague while choosing between two very different boys.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · small colony · safe haven · countryside refuge · ruined cities · wilderness survival · human extinction crisis
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Distance: 0.0846
A court psychologist and defense lawyer investigate a cured zombie plague—and a possible second outbreak.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · walled city · rebuilding society · post-pandemic · fragile civilization · scarcity setting
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Distance: 0.0892
A hard-worn survivor group tries to settle in a guarded community, but safety sparks mistrust, abuse, and power struggles.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · walled community · safe zone · zombie outbreak · ruined society · localized enclave · contested sanctuary · near-normal settlement · post-collapse America
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Distance: 0.0915
A post-plague survivor group heads north, but a seeming safe haven and rising mistrust threaten their fragile journey.
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Setting labels: Post-apocalyptic world · Plague aftermath · Snowy wilderness · Woods · Alaska · Dam shelter · Underground refuge · Edenic oasis · Abandoned infrastructure · Near-future dystopia
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Distance: 0.0923
A lone survivor must enter a brutal prison colony to rescue a child and uncover who can stop the outbreak.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · former prison · fortified settlement · survivor colony · ruined society · walled community · hostile refuge · dangerous captivity · isolated territory
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Distance: 0.0985
A lone survivor and a guarded settler are forced on a deadly trip through overgrown New York—and toward trust.
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Setting labels: post-war world · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · New York City · overgrown city · ruins · nature-reclaimed world · nomadic wilderness · settlement society
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Distance: 0.1022
In a ruined future, a sheltered survivor must endure a sexually transmitted cure from soldiers to survive a deadly plague.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · plague world · bioweapon fallout · military compound · monastery · ruined world · survivalist world · Earth
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Distance: 0.1027
A midwife survives a plague that decimates women and children, then travels a brutal new world in disguise.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · plague aftermath · near future · United States · San Francisco · lawless society · deserted cities · collapsed civilization · desolate landscape · survivalist world
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Distance: 0.1029
A young midwife turned leader must win refuge for her people while a ruthless regime weaponizes fertility and family.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · wasteland · walled city · ruins · future society · dystopian settlement
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Distance: 0.1029
A volunteer advocate in a sealed, resource-starved city is pulled beyond the wall and into a dangerous truth.
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Setting labels: Post apocalyptic · Walled city · Locked-down city · Overcrowded city · Wasteland outside · Pandemic world · Near future · Dystopian society · Isolated enclave
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Distance: 0.1033
A fierce scavenger from the ruins is pulled into tower politics, hidden powers, and a dangerous romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · dystopian society · ruined cities · surface camps · towers · hierarchical world · survivalist wasteland
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1038
