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Grant Morrison, Steve Yeowell, Jill Thompson, Phil Jimenez, Philip Bond

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Premise labels used: secret organization, rebellion, freedom fighters, psychic war, conspiracy, anti-oppression, occult struggle, alien gods, time travel, espionage, hidden world, urban magic

Setting labels used: contemporary, 1990s, late 20th century, urban, secret underground world, multiverse, interdimensional, psychic reality, near-apocalyptic, global

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The Invisibles Book One Deluxe Edition

Grant Morrison · 2014 · The Invisibles: Deluxe Edition

A secret revolutionary cell battles psychic oppression through occult, time-bending, reality-warping missions.

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Premise labels: secret society · anti-oppression · psychic war · conspiracy · hidden reality · revolutionary struggle · occult resistance · interdimensional threat · mind control · free thought

Setting labels: London · mid-1990s · contemporary setting · alternate reality · interdimensional · psychedelic reality · historical inset · time travel · urban setting · global scope

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Distance: 0.1425

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Eight O'Clock in the Morning

Ray Faraday Nelson · 1963

A man who fully wakes from hypnosis sees hidden manipulators controlling society and must decide how to respond.

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Premise labels: awakening · hidden truth · alien infiltration · mind control · subliminal control · conspiracy · secret society · resistance

Setting labels: contemporary society · urban public spaces · media-saturated world · Earth · present-day realism · alien-in-disguise reality

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Distance: 0.1704

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The Invisibles, Volume 1: Say You Want a Revolution

Grant Morrison, Steve Yeowell · 1996 · The Invisibles

A punk teen is pulled into a secret occult war across time, identities, and revolutions.

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Premise labels: secret society · revolutionary resistance · anti-authoritarian conflict · hidden world · time travel quest · recruitment story · training ordeal · conspiracy war · freedom vs control

Setting labels: London · French Revolution · multiple time periods · alternate realities · secret world · occult reality · street-level urban setting · historical fantasy

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Distance: 0.1750

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The Change

Teyla Branton · 2016 · Unbounded

After a deadly accident, Erin discovers a hidden immortal gene and is dragged into a war for her life and loyalty.

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Premise labels: immortal gene · hidden supernaturals · faction war · chosen by rivals · forced allegiance · secret society · family in danger · superhuman abilities

Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · secret world · hidden society · near-present day · supernatural reality

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Distance: 0.1929

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Black Helicopters

Caitlín R. Kiernan · 2018 · Tinfoil Dossier

A time-jumping occult spy story follows rival agents, secret experiments, and twin sisters through a cosmic crisis.

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Premise labels: secret war · rival agencies · occult conspiracy · time-spanning mystery · human experimentation · psychic operatives · cosmic invasion · apocalypse prevention · world-spanning game · chess motif

Setting labels: New England · Dublin · Maine · Mars · post-apocalyptic future · climate-changed future · world-spanning · secret world · oceanic horror · urban setting · near-future · far future

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Distance: 0.1941

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The Planetary Omnibus

Warren Ellis · 2014 · Planetary

A secret team of “mystery archaeologists” uncovers Earth’s hidden superhuman history, conspiracies, and parallel worlds.

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Premise labels: secret history · mystery archaeology · superhuman history · conspiracy · hidden world · paranormal investigation · archaeologists of the unknown · secret organization · planetary-scale mystery

Setting labels: Earth · 20th century · secret history · multiverse · alternate Earth · Wildstorm Universe · inter-dimensional · urban settings · global scope · retro pulp reality

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Distance: 0.1955

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Night Watch

Sergei Lukyanenko · 2006 · Дозоры

In contemporary Moscow, a Light magician becomes entangled in a fragile supernatural balance between opposing Watches.

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Premise labels: secret supernatural world · Light vs Dark · hidden magical society · balance of power · ancient truce · urban supernatural police

Setting labels: contemporary Moscow · post-Soviet Russia · modern Russia · urban setting · metro/subway setting · Twilight realm · parallel reality · secret world beneath ordinary life

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Distance: 0.1957

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The Wild Storm, Vol. 1

Warren Ellis · 2017 · The Wild Storm

A transhuman engineer’s rescue of a falling man ignites a slow-burn web of secret agencies, aliens, and hidden power.

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Premise labels: secret organizations · global conspiracy · covert power struggle · rebooted universe · transhuman protagonist · corporate espionage · spy thriller · alien presence · future tech

Setting labels: New York City · parallel Earth · alternate universe · near future · shadow government world · spacefaring setting · secret world · corporate future · covert operations · post-90s rebooted continuity

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Distance: 0.1964

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The Traveler

John Twelve Hawks · 2006 · Fourth Realm

A young Harlequin must protect gifted fugitives while a shadow network uses surveillance to hunt anyone who threatens control.

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Premise labels: parallel worlds · surveillance state · secret society · off the grid · special powers · protective order · hidden war · freedom vs control · chosen protectors · hunted gifted people

Setting labels: near future · modern day · parallel reality · global · London · Los Angeles · Prague · Arizona · New York · urban surveillance

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Distance: 0.1993

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The Man with the Golden Torc

Simon R. Green · 2007 · Secret Histories

A rogue supernatural secret agent must clear his name while uncovering the dark truth at the heart of his own family.

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Premise labels: secret agent · supernatural threats · rogue agent · family conspiracy · protect humanity · hidden world · magic gadgets · masked identity

Setting labels: contemporary Britain · London · urban setting · hidden supernatural world · secret society · alternate present · international espionage milieu

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The Named

Marianne Curley · 2005 · Guardians of Time

A teen Guardian must train a new apprentice while battling a secret force that tries to rewrite history.

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Premise labels: time travel · history protection · chosen one · secret organization · guardians · training mentor · apprenticeship · prophecy · good vs evil · altered history

Setting labels: modern day · historical travel · past and present · alternate history · hidden world · interdimensional · urban fantasy setting · worlds collide

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Zero Sum Game

S.L. Huang · 2018 · Cas Russell

A math-genius mercenary is pulled into a conspiracy involving mind control, violent allies, and a threat to her own autonomy.

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Premise labels: math genius · mercenary · retrieval specialist · mind control · telepathic antagonist · shadowy organization · world domination · conspiracy · illegal job · superpowered heroine

Setting labels: near-future · contemporary · modern day · Los Angeles · crime-ridden · urban · speculative reality · superpowered world

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Distance: 0.2071

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