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Characterization labels used: Ultramarines, Word Bearers, villains, refugees, perpetuals, chaos warriors, survivors, war-weary soldiers, ritualists, named legacy characters

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The First Wall

Gav Thorpe · 2020 · The Siege of Terra

As Terra's defenses grind under siege, rival warlords and scattered human threads converge on a decisive spaceport battle.

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Characterization labels: primarchs · war commander · siege specialist · custodian · conscripts · human soldiers · traitor legion command · loyalist defenders · religious seeker · investigator · ruthless tactician · grim warrior · disillusioned soldier · secondary characters · many named characters

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Distance: 0.1722

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Warhawk

Chris Wraight · 2021 · The Siege of Terra

At Terra’s breaking point, the White Scars launch a desperate counterattack against the Death Guard for control of Lion’s Gate.

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Characterization labels: primarchs · space marine legions · elite warriors · zealous champion · philosophical commander · human soldiers · tank crew · custodian · perpetuals · demon-empowered foes · corrupted warriors · tragic antagonist

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Distance: 0.1828

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Pharos

Guy Haley · 2015 · The Horus Heresy

As Imperium Secundus strains to endure, loyalists and Night Lords collide over a mysterious beacon on Sotha.

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Characterization labels: Primarchs · human auxiliaries · scouts · neophytes · loyalist warriors · traitor legionaries · Night Lords · Ultramarines · Imperial Fists · Iron Warriors · commanding officer · sibling characters · unlikely allies · grizzled veteran · sadistic villain · pragmatic leader

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Distance: 0.1856

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Know No Fear

Dan Abnett · 2012 · The Horus Heresy

A loyalist legion is blindsided by a devastating betrayal, forcing its primarch into a brutal fight for survival at Calth.

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Characterization labels: primarch · space marine legion · soldier characters · large cast · military leaders · competent protagonists · betrayer antagonists · humanized soldiers · reluctant heroes · transhuman soldiers

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Distance: 0.1913

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Storm of Iron

Graham McNeill · 2002 · Warhammer 40,000

A Chaos Space Marine siege against a fortress world unfolds through both sides, with shifting tides and brutal warfare.

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Characterization labels: Chaos Marines · Imperial Guardsmen · Imperial Fists · villain protagonist · competent villains · sympathetic villains · brutal commanders · warriors · stoic soldiers · distinct character voices

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Distance: 0.1969

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The Devastation of Baal

Guy Haley · 2017 · Space Marine Conquests

A besieged warrior order and its successors rally for a last stand against an overwhelming alien hive fleet.

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Characterization labels: chapter master · space marines · transhuman warriors · tragic hero · brooding characters · brotherhood · aged commander · raging warriors · stoic leaders · humanized soldier · command burden · loyalist warriors

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Distance: 0.2045

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Extinction War

Nicholas Sansbury Smith · 2017 · Extinction Cycle

On multiple war fronts, soldiers, scientists, and leaders race to stop evolving monsters, civil war, and extinction.

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Characterization labels: soldiers · Marines · Delta operators · team leaders · president · scientist · wounded hero · unborn child · female leaders · strong female characters · psychopath villain · traitor · capable characters · exhausted survivors · prosthetic survivor

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Distance: 0.2100

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Soul Hunter

Aaron Dembski-Bowden · 2010 · Night Lords

A renegade Night Lords warband fights for survival, unity, and vengeance while a prophetic warrior sees trouble ahead.

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Characterization labels: antihero · traitor warrior · prophet · psyker · warband leader · possessed leader · brooding protagonist · complex villains · sympathetic monsters · dysfunctional squad · flawed heroes · humanized antagonists · misfit ensemble · seer · slave characters · servant characters

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Distance: 0.2125

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Extinction Aftermath

Nicholas Sansbury Smith · 2016 · Extinction Cycle

Team Ghost fights evolved monsters in Europe while survivors at home face a new human threat and rising chaos.

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Characterization labels: special forces · military leaders · survivor protagonists · retired warrior · scientist · political leader · ruthless antagonist · human threat · new recruits · resilient fighters

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Distance: 0.2225

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The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps

Kai Ashante Wilson · 2015 · The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps

A queer demigod healer guards a caravan through dangerous wilds while love, power, and godhood collide.

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Characterization labels: demigod · healer · warrior · mercenary guards · mercenary band · taskmaster captain · outsider · loyal companion · lover

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Distance: 0.2251

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Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe

Frank O'Connor, Tobias S. Buckell, Jonathan Goff, Robert McLees, Karen Traviss, Kevin Grace, Eric Raab, Fred Van Lente, Tessa Kum, Eric S. Nylund, Jeff Vandermeer, B.K. Evenson, Robt McLees · 2009 · Halo

Halo-universe anthology of short stories and poems that expands the human-Covenant war through many perspectives.

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Characterization labels: soldiers · Spartans · ODSTs · marines · AI character · Covenant elite · Covenant characters · secondary characters · moral complexity · tragic figures · washout protagonist · historical figure

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Distance: 0.2254

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Reap What You Sow

S.M. Anderson · 2020 · Seasons of Man

After a world-ending virus, rival survivor factions clash while former soldiers and civilians try to build order.

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Characterization labels: survivors · former soldiers · civilians · Marines · scientists · professor · leader figure · sociopath · antagonist force · multi-dimensional characters · realistic characters · character development

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Distance: 0.2259

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