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Mark Tufo

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Premise labels used: zombie apocalypse, family survival, on the run, hunted survivors, end of civilization, cross-country escape, survival quest, human threat

Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic world, zombie apocalypse, war-torn countryside, cross-country journey, small-town escape, collapsed society, lawless world

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Deadbreak: A Zombie Apocalypse Thriller

Jorge Sánchez · 2018

A wisecracking survivor and his dog cross a zombie-ravaged America to find his daughter and stay alive.

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Premise labels: Zombie apocalypse · Survival quest · Find missing child · Cross-country journey · Road survival · Scavenging · Post-collapse survival · Human threats · Undead threats · Family mission

Setting labels: Post-apocalyptic America · Ruined cities · Small settlements · Cross-country travel · Pacific coast · Montana · Seattle · Hawaii · Vermont · Georgia · Los Angeles · Zombie apocalypse · Alternate near-future · Wasteland

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Distance: 0.1243

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The Seventh Day

A.E. Watson · 2014 · The Seventh Day

A teen girl must protect her sister and survive a strange zombie outbreak while searching for answers and safety.

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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival quest · sibling protection · group survival · find the father · infection mystery · cure search · end-of-world crisis

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · small-town survival · road journey · cabins · mountains · United States · collapse aftermath · viral outbreak · modern apocalypse · contemporary setting

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Distance: 0.1298

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Well Fed

Keith C. Blackmore · 2014 · Mountain Man

A hardened survivor leaves his fragile farm refuge to find missing scavengers and confront a new human menace.

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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · post-apocalyptic survival · human antagonists · missing persons search · community under threat · reluctant rescue mission · survival horror

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · community farm · open highway · mansion · apocalyptic rural setting · declining zombie outbreak

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Distance: 0.1389

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The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye

Robert Kirkman · 2013 · The Walking Dead

A coma-awakened cop must navigate a zombie-ravaged world and find his family as society collapses.

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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival · family search · group survival · post-collapse society · return to family · walkers · apocalyptic outbreak

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · small-town America · hospital setting · Atlanta · outskirts of cities · collapsed society · zombie outbreak · lawless world · black and white visual world

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Distance: 0.1434

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The Hospital

Keith C. Blackmore · 2012 · Mountain Man

A lone zombie-apocalypse scavenger makes one risky hospital run that turns into a brutal, creepy fight to escape.

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Premise labels: survival horror · zombie apocalypse · scavenging run · hospital raid · isolated survivor · resource hunt · dangerous supply run · encounter with survivor

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · zombie apocalypse · abandoned hospital · undead suburbia · solitary mountain cabin · near-town scavenging route · urban ruins · hospital interior · apocalyptic wasteland

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Distance: 0.1455

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The End

Mark Tufo · 2011 · Zombie Fallout

A sarcastic survivor leads his family through a zombie apocalypse while a deadly vampire closes in from every side.

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Premise labels: survival quest · family protection · apocalypse journey · fleeing threat · zombie apocalypse · vampire pursuit · safe haven search

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · cross-country travel · military base · Fort Custer · Maine · Michigan · Colorado · zombie apocalypse reality

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Distance: 0.1471

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Please Remain Calm

Courtney Summers · 2015 · This is Not a Test

Separated on the road in a zombie-ravaged world, Rhys must survive long enough to find Sloane and a place to live.

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Premise labels: zombie survival · post-apocalyptic journey · separated companions · safe haven · finding each other · survival at all costs · trying to stay alive

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · zombie outbreak · overrun world · unsafe roads · high school aftermath · safe haven search · small-group survival

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The Reapers are the Angels

Alden Bell · 2010 · Reapers

A fierce teenage wanderer crosses a zombie-ravaged America, chasing survival, redemption, and a place to belong.

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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival journey · road trip · revenge pursuit · redemption quest · wandering survivor · safe haven search · human vs human danger

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · ruined landscape · southern states · isolated island · frontier survival · enclaves · barricaded communities · lighthouse · wasteland

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The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us

Robert Kirkman · 2004 · The Walking Dead

A survivor group keeps moving through a collapsing world, chasing shelter while danger and human strain grow.

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Premise labels: survival journey · group of survivors · search for shelter · post-apocalyptic survival · zombie apocalypse · unsafe sanctuary

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · zombie apocalypse · road journey · rural setting · farm setting · residential enclave · cold weather · winter setting · apocalyptic ruin

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Reborn

Tara Brown · 2013 · Born

In a broken postapocalyptic world, a fierce survivor hunts revenge while love, family, and loss force impossible choices.

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Premise labels: revenge mission · survival quest · postapocalyptic survival · family secrets · found family · love triangle · world collapse

Setting labels: postapocalyptic world · dystopian future · broken earth · zombie apocalypse · survival camps · road journey · small villages · ruins

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The Prey

Andrew Fukuda · 2013 · The Hunt

A hunted teen and his companions flee toward a promised refuge, only to uncover a disturbing human society and new truths.

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Premise labels: survival chase · hidden humans · promised land · safe haven trap · escape quest · mystery refuge · post-apocalyptic hunt

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · mountain refuge · river journey · isolated village · hidden human settlement · desert wilderness · dystopian society · future setting

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All the Stars in the Sky

Sarah Lyons Fleming · 2015 · Until the End of the World

On a deadly trek to Alaska, Cassie and her survivors face zombies, grief, and hard choices as the world falls apart.

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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival journey · safe zone search · post-collapse trek · found family · romantic survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · zombie apocalypse · Canada · Alaska · New York City · safe zones · road trip setting · off-grid survival · wasteland

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Distance: 0.1539

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