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Premise labels used: genius versus genius, missing person rescue, time-spell collapse, hidden world exposure, race against catastrophe, covert operation, mythic return, secret species

Setting labels used: modern world, hidden faerie world, underground civilization, alternate dimension, limbo, time travel, Europe, Sicily, Taiwan, outer space, magic and technology

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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 2003 · Artemis Fowl

A 12-year-old criminal genius kidnaps a fairy to ransom her gold, igniting a hidden-world siege.

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Premise labels: child genius · criminal mastermind · fairy kidnapping · ransom · hidden society · wealth recovery · interspecies conflict · heist · secret world

Setting labels: modern setting · underground world · hidden society · parallel world · urban fantasy setting · subterranean civilization · contemporary

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Distance: 0.1869

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Rook

J.C. Andrijeski · 2011 · Bridge & Sword

A human-raised woman discovers she's a powerful seer tied to an oncoming war, and a dangerous guardian.

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Premise labels: hidden identity · secret heritage · chosen one · enslaved race · race conflict · world-ending threat · psychic powers · bodyguard guide · escape mission · on the run · double life · dormant powers · societal control · war between races

Setting labels: modern Earth · alternate Earth · parallel world · dystopian future · urban setting · San Francisco · hidden society · interdimensional realm · nonphysical realm · psychic realm · alternative history · modern-day fantasy

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Distance: 0.1880

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The Three Secret Cities

Matthew Reilly · 2018 · Jack West Jr

Jack West Jr races across the globe to uncover lost secret cities and stop an apocalyptic threat while enemies close in.

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Premise labels: save the world · ancient puzzle · lost cities · race against time · hunted hero · mythic quest · world-ending threat · artifact hunt · secret society

Setting labels: alternate world · shadow world · modern world · global locations · ancient civilization · underworld · mythic reality · multiple continents

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Distance: 0.1986

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The Atlantis Complex

Eoin Colfer · 2010 · Artemis Fowl

A boy genius with a magic-induced mental disorder must help stop a fairy-world threat before Atlantis is destroyed.

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Premise labels: guilty genius · mind under attack · alter ego · criminal mastermind · save the world · fairy alliance · global warming · underwater crisis · villain misdirection · team reunion

Setting labels: Iceland · underwater city · subterranean world · fairy world · modern fantasy world · legendary Atlantis · contemporary setting · global warming backdrop

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Distance: 0.2000

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He Who Fights with Monsters 4

Shirtaloon · 2021 · He Who Fights with Monsters

Back on Earth, Jason finds hidden magic, secret factions, and family trouble while trying to make sense of home.

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Premise labels: homecoming · return to Earth · hidden magic · secret societies · family reunion · outworlder · world collision · saving the world · identity crisis · reentry

Setting labels: Earth · Australia · modern day · magical hidden world · secret magical societies · urban fantasy setting · low-magic world · alternate world

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Distance: 0.2014

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The Doors of Eden

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2020

A cryptid hunt pulls two women into a multiverse-spanning crisis of divergent evolution, secret agents, and collapsing worlds.

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Premise labels: parallel worlds · multiverse collapse · evolutionary divergence · cryptid hunt · missing person · alternate evolution · interdimensional threat · end of worlds

Setting labels: contemporary Earth · London · British moorlands · parallel Earths · alternate timelines · deep time · multiverse · modern day

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Distance: 0.2015

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Split Infinity

Piers Anthony · 1987 · Apprentice Adept

A serf-gamesman escapes assassination by moving between a high-tech world and a magic realm where his double has died.

Why this is here

Premise labels: parallel worlds · dual worlds · science vs magic · alternate self · identity swap · games competition · survival quest · assassination threat · cross-world escape · double life

Setting labels: distant future · alternate reality · domed city · high-tech world · magic realm · planetary setting · parallel universe · science-fantasy world · fictional planets

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Distance: 0.2020

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Exhalation

Ted Chiang · 2009

A scientist in a sealed mechanical world investigates memory and the mind, uncovering a truth that reshapes existence itself.

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Premise labels: self-discovery · scientific inquiry · existential crisis · closed world · failing civilization · memory mystery · thought experiment · cosmic analogy

Setting labels: closed system · domed world · mechanical civilization · alien perspective · speculative future · subterranean source · pressure ecology · alternate universe

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Distance: 0.2030

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Juxtaposition

Piers Anthony · 1987 · Apprentice Adept

A hero caught between science and magic races to solve a cross-world crisis while winning a game, a title, and survival.

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Premise labels: dual worlds · parallel worlds · science vs magic · identity double · assassination threat · save two worlds · quest for citizenship · game competition · balance crisis · power struggle

Setting labels: alternate worlds · parallel universe · future science world · magic world · patriarchal society · serf culture · citizen culture · game world · high-contrast worlds · science-magic divide

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Distance: 0.2067

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Angel Teeth Archives: Evolved Whispers

Brandy Lee Hunter · 2024

A transformed woman with a raw, first-person voice confronts a hidden world, rising danger, and an apocalypse-level stranger.

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Premise labels: transformation · new being · apocalypse · cross-time journey · world devastation · hidden world

Setting labels: cross-time · cross-space · hidden world · world-spanning · apocalyptic setting · paranormal reality

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Distance: 0.2076

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Pan Lodowego Ogrodu. Tom 1

Jarosław Grzędowicz · 2005 · Pan Lodowego Ogrodu

A lone operative lands on a magic-haunted alien world to find a missing expedition and survives a second, parallel power struggle.

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Premise labels: rescue mission · missing expedition · alien planet · noninterference · cultural interference · civilization under observation · magic vs technology · parallel storyline · exiled prince

Setting labels: alien planet · medieval world · medieval-tech mix · magic-enabled world · planetary exploration · distant future · otherworld · brutal world · war-torn world · humanlike civilization

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Distance: 0.2078

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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.

Why this is here

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

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2085

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