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Theresa Shaver

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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Land. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: tense, suspenseful, adventurous, gripping, fun (mixed), light (mixed), campy (mixed), unrealistic (mixed)

Premise labels used: EMP disaster, stranded teens, journey home, survival trek, road trip

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Darkness Begins

Harley Tate · 2017 · After the EMP Saga

When an EMP-like catastrophe cuts power and communication, a mother, daughter, and friends fight to stay together.

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Tone labels: tense · urgent · anxious · gripping · plausible · suspenseful · dark · action-packed · nerve-wracking · clean

Premise labels: EMP disaster · power outage · grid failure · collapse survival · homecoming · family reunion · resource scarcity · civil unrest · neighbor conflict · survival skills

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2006

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Free Falling

Susan Kiernan-Lewis · 2012 · The Irish End Game

An American family on vacation in rural Ireland must survive after an EMP-like disaster wipes out modern life.

Why this is here

Tone labels: dark · depressing · tense · suspenseful · intense · heart-wrenching

Premise labels: EMP disaster · nuclear attack · survival · family stranded abroad · off-grid survival · civilizational collapse · resource scarcity

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2066

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Edge of Survival

Kyla Stone · 2020 · Edge of Collapse

Three months after an EMP, Fall Creek faces new threats as survival, loyalty, trauma, and revenge collide.

Why this is here

Tone labels: tense · gripping · emotional · dark · brutal · suspenseful · high-stakes · gritty · heartbreaking

Premise labels: EMP aftermath · societal collapse · town survival · community defense · survival at any cost · protect the home · family rescue · post-collapse rebuilding

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2090

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The Silver Gryphon

Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon · 1997 · Valdemar: Mage Wars

Two young guardians on their first solo posting are stranded in the wild when magic fails, forcing a fight for survival.

Why this is here

Tone labels: tense · suspenseful · adventurous · melancholic · nostalgic

Premise labels: next generation · survival story · coming of age · legacy pressure · isolated mission · man vs nature · wilderness survival · first assignment

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Distance: 0.2125

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Kalahari

Jessica Khoury · 2016 · Corpus

Stranded teens in the Kalahari must survive the desert, a missing adult, and a deadly silver outbreak.

Why this is here

Tone labels: thrilling · suspenseful · fast-paced · atmospheric · tense · adventurous · gripping · nerve-wracking · mysterious · dangerous · emotional

Premise labels: stranded group · survival mission · educational trip · wilderness ordeal · contagious outbreak · hidden lab · secret experiment · race to safety · missing parent · human and animal threat

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Distance: 0.2140

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When The World Turns Dark

Jack Hunt · 2022 · After it Turns Dark

An EMP and monstrous storms separate a family in Florida and South Dakota as each fights to survive collapse.

Why this is here

Tone labels: intense · gritty · suspenseful · action-packed · high-octane · edge-of-seat · dark · chaotic · tense

Premise labels: EMP disaster · hurricane survival · family separation · survival decision · post-collapse chaos

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Distance: 0.2167

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A Ripple in Time

Victor Zugg · 2019 · A Ripple in Time

A modern air marshal and fellow passengers are stranded in colonial America and must survive, adapt, and find a way home.

Why this is here

Tone labels: adventurous · tense · suspenseful · light · engaging · action-oriented

Premise labels: time slip · survival story · plane crash · fish out of water · stranded travelers · colonial hardship

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2183

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Trackers

Nicholas Sansbury Smith · 2017 · Trackers

After an EMP cripples the U.S., a tracker, a police chief, and a senator each race through chaos, murder, and survival.

Why this is here

Tone labels: Frightening · Intense · Suspenseful · Action-packed · Harrowing · Grim · Realistic · Tense · Thrilling

Premise labels: EMP attack · Post-apocalyptic collapse · Serial killer hunt · Missing child · Survival crisis · Nationwide blackout

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2188

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Edge of Darkness

Kyla Stone · 2020 · Edge of Collapse

After an EMP collapse, separated survivors race home and fight sabotage, militia power grabs, and a relentless pursuer.

Why this is here

Tone labels: tense · suspenseful · dark · grim · high-stakes · stressful · addictive · gripping · harrowing · violent

Premise labels: EMP fallout · power outage · journey home · survival under collapse · small-town breakdown · hunted protagonist · town under sabotage · resource scarcity

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Distance: 0.2192

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Polar Vortex

Matthew Mather · 2019

A father and daughter survive a mysterious Arctic air disaster and race to stay alive while uncovering who caused it.

Why this is here

Tone labels: tense · suspenseful · high-stakes · urgent · atmospheric · thrilling

Premise labels: plane crash · airline disappearance · Arctic survival · whodunit · father-daughter survival · survival mystery · international search

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2198

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The Living

Matt de la Peña · 2013 · The Living

A teen crewman on a luxury cruise is caught between a massive disaster, a deadly disease, and buried secrets.

Why this is here

Tone labels: tense · suspenseful · fast-paced · harrowing · gripping · heartbreaking · adrenaline-fueled · dark

Premise labels: cruise ship disaster · summer job · survival story · mystery illness · natural catastrophe · class divide · conspiracy

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2233

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Locker Nine

Franklin Horton · 2016 · Locker Nine

A college freshman with a prepper father must survive nationwide collapse and a dangerous road home using hidden supplies.

Why this is here

Tone labels: tense · anxious · thrilling · gritty · dark · harrowing · action-packed · chilling · brutal · plausible

Premise labels: prepper survival · get-home journey · societal collapse · terror attack aftermath · post-collapse travel · stored supplies · emergency preparedness · stranded college student · cross-country survival

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2251

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