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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for The Search for Sam. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: rogue defector, amnesiac stranger, secret information, war effort, search mission, double agent, enemy defector
Setting labels used: Santa Monica, Africa, Mexico, aid camp, military base, enemy compound, laboratory, space war, urban sci-fi
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A hacker aboard a post-war starship chases traitors while fighting a stubborn, protective alien and her own feelings.
Why this is here
Premise labels: traitor hunt · interstellar war prevention · forced proximity · secret mission · workplace romance · investigation
Setting labels: space station · spaceship · enemy territory · post-war peace · interstellar · futuristic
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2124
A genetically enhanced doctor goes undercover in enemy territory to stop stolen super-tech from powering a new alliance.
Why this is here
Premise labels: covert mission · stolen technology · infiltration · espionage operation · sabotage mission · undercover assignment · enemy territory · political rival
Setting labels: space station · spacefaring future · interstellar politics · fleet yards · enemy territory · border conflict · fictional alien society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2132
A snarky, con-artist sergeant assembles a ragtag squad for an unsanctioned rescue behind enemy lines.
Why this is here
Premise labels: misfit squad · unauthorized rescue · behind-enemy-lines · military caper · rogue mission · con man protagonist · no man left behind · team assembly · wartime scheme · illegal extraction
Setting labels: space war · distant planet · space station · planetary orbit · enemy territory · war zone · future military · human-colonized planet · behind enemy lines
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2143
A teen resistance leader is infiltrating an alien scheme when he becomes trapped inside his own body.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · body possession · undercover mission · rescue mission · enemy within · resistance cell
Setting labels: contemporary Earth · hospital setting · woods setting · enemy base · alien occupation
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2152
A secret mission to protect Earth’s location collides with insurgents, Spartans, and Covenant forces in deep space.
Why this is here
Premise labels: navigation data · secret mission · behind enemy lines · war zone · enemy alliance · frontline sabotage · survival mission · military operation
Setting labels: space war · asteroid colony · Outer Colonies · human space · alien space · gas giant system · refugee settlement · military frontier · far future
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2156
A battle-hardened marine wakes in an alien POW camp and must rally broken prisoners to escape and survive.
Why this is here
Premise labels: prison break · POW camp · escape story · behind enemy lines · war manipulation · survival under confinement · enemy alliance · identity under pressure
Setting labels: underground prison · POW camp · space war · military sci-fi universe · alien cultures · tunnels · battlefield · remote planet
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2175
A reformed space captain, a stowaway war drone, and a mutated Prador are dragged into a border-zone war with ancient consequences.
Why this is here
Premise labels: fugitive captain · stowaway AI · revenge pursuit · border conflict · ancient threat · enemy convergence · war escalation · forced alliance
Setting labels: deep space · border zone · no-man's-land · interstellar war · far future · spacefaring civilization · alien ecosystem · off-planet
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2193
An elite Area 51 team must seal reality rifts and stop alien entities that possess objects and cause havoc.
Why this is here
Premise labels: secret unit · dimensional rifts · alternate dimension · alien invasion · containment mission · covert task force · special operations team
Setting labels: Area 51 · North Carolina · gated community · alternate dimension · parallel universe · contemporary setting · military base · global
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2199
A rogue security unit races home to rescue a respected human ally while evading a powerful corporation.
Why this is here
Premise labels: rogue SecUnit · rescue mission · corporate conspiracy · evidence retrieval · AI autonomy · protecting humans · return home
Setting labels: space station · galaxy-wide · corporate dystopia · spacefaring future · terraforming facility · station authorities · heavy surveillance
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2226
A soldier trapped in a deadly time loop must master each reset to survive an alien war and break free.
Why this is here
Premise labels: time loop · alien invasion · battlefield survival · repeat death · soldier training · escape loop · war against aliens · mystery threat · fight to survive
Setting labels: Japan · Earth · battlefield · military barracks · near-future · science fiction world · wartime setting · extraterrestrial invasion · armored combat
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2244
A Romulan commander and Captain Kirk join forces to stop a secret weapon project and avert war across the Neutral Zone.
Why this is here
Premise labels: rogue commander · enemy ally · betrayal · rescue mission · secret pact · political intrigue · war plot · counter-scheme
Setting labels: space opera setting · Federation · Romulan Empire · Neutral Zone · starship setting · military space conflict · alien culture · quasi-military shipboard
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2258
Years after the world learns aliens are real, one family races to stop a war that could remake Earth itself.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien hosts · faction war · terraforming threat · defector scientist · world-saving mission · family in crisis · hidden alien history · hostile pursuit
Setting labels: Earth · Northern California · global conflict · near-future · alien invasion · alternate history · underground network
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2268
