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L.J. Goulding

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Premise labels used: post-betrayal survival, planetary siege, underworld war, loyalist survival, traitor vengeance, war aftermath, interlinked stories

Setting labels used: Calth, underworld shelters, arcologies, irradiated surface, space war, far future, military sci-fi, post-apocalyptic world, 30K

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Age of Darkness

Christian Z. Dunn · 2011 · The Horus Heresy

An anthology of Horus Heresy side stories revealing secret moves, civilian fallout, and key confrontations across a galaxy-wide war.

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Premise labels: civil war · galactic war · betrayal aftermath · frontline aftermath · secret history · loyalist vs traitor

Setting labels: galactic conflict · spacefaring empire · remote worlds · war-torn future · post-betrayal era · siege era · Warhammer 40,000 · Warhammer 30k

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Distance: 0.1664

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The Path of Heaven

Chris Wraight · 2016 · The Horus Heresy

A battered loyalist Legion races through warp-torn warzones toward Terra, while traitor forces try to stop them.

Why this is here

Premise labels: Legion survival · journey to Terra · war against traitors · attrition warfare · loyalist choice · breakthrough attempt · fleet warfare

Setting labels: far future · galactic war · space warfare · void war · warp travel · Terra-bound campaign · imperial civil war

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Distance: 0.1674

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Krieg

Steve Lyons · 2022

Two timelines reveal how Krieg became a death world and how its infamous soldiers fight a desperate siege today.

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Premise labels: siege warfare · origin story · dual timeline · civil war · death world · attonement through sacrifice · war against xenos · faction origins · hidden history · parallel narratives

Setting labels: war-torn planet · irradiated wasteland · death world · hive city · hive world · siege setting · far future · space war · octarius war zone · grimdark future · trench warfare

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Distance: 0.1855

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Avenging Son

Guy Haley · 2020 · Dawn of Fire

A multi-POV Warhammer 40,000 opener follows the Indomitus Crusade’s launch, as Guilliman and others face Chaos and imperial collapse.

Why this is here

Premise labels: galactic crusade · Imperium under siege · Chaos war · return of a primarch · military campaign · reform of empire · battlegroup mission · crisis of survival

Setting labels: far future · galactic scale · Terra · hive worlds · void warfare · Imperium · war-torn galaxy · grimdark future · bureaucratic empire

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Distance: 0.1901

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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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Premise labels: traitor legion · renegade warriors · survive against odds · internal faction conflict · warband survival · fight the Imperium · hunt and raid · rebellion aftermath · prophecy-driven conflict · fear as weapon

Setting labels: Warhammer 40,000 universe · space warfare · warship setting · fleet setting · forge world · prison worlds · void travel · grimdark future · post-betrayal aftermath · ten thousand years later

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Distance: 0.1932

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Dark Age

Pierce Brown · 2019 · Red Rising Saga

A five-POV war epic follows a fractured republic as alliances collapse and every faction fights to survive.

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Premise labels: rogue war · civil war · political struggle · post-revolution conflict · multi-front conflict · survival under siege · power struggle · exile and return · treason accusation · redemption quest

Setting labels: Mercury · Luna · the Core · the Solar System · interplanetary war · spacefaring future · war-torn worlds · planetary politics · fictional empire

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Distance: 0.1934

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The Emperor's Gift

Aaron Dembski-Bowden · 2012 · Warhammer 40,000

A Grey Knights warrior confronts a daemonic war’s aftermath, forcing a clash of duty, honor, and Imperial secrecy.

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Premise labels: daemon hunters · secret military order · forbidden knowledge · post-battle fallout · moral conflict · institutional conflict · war aftermath · psychic warriors

Setting labels: Warhammer 40,000 · 41st millennium · Imperium of Man · Armageddon · space war · warp · chaos-tainted world · fenrisian homeworld · Titan

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Distance: 0.1944

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The Solar War

John French · 2019 · The Siege of Terra

Horus reaches the Sol System, and Terra’s defenders must hold the line through a brutal opening phase of the final siege.

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Premise labels: final battle · siege · solar system war · traitor invasion · defensive last stand · imperial defense

Setting labels: Terra · Sol System · orbit · space stations · void · warp · futuristic military setting · gothic space fantasy

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Distance: 0.1948

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Day 21

Kass Morgan · 2014 · The 100

A post-apocalyptic teen group faces hidden Earthborn enemies, collapsing ship resources, and tangled loyalties in the sequel.

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Premise labels: survival · group cohesion · hidden enemy · lost sister · forbidden romance · rival factions · humanity after catastrophe

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · space ship · space colony · underground bunker · distant future

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Distance: 0.1976

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Plague War

Guy Haley · 2019 · Dark Imperium

A returned primarch fights to reclaim a plague-ravaged realm while faith, war, and family clash on all sides.

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Premise labels: war for Ultramar · rebuilding after devastation · primarch conflict · traitor legion campaign · faith versus reason · return of the primarch · apocalyptic war

Setting labels: far future · space opera · galactic empire · war-torn realm · siege world · dystopian future · war-torn galaxy · fortress world · battlefield setting

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Distance: 0.1985

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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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Premise labels: war anthology · shared universe · human-alien conflict · lore expansion · side stories · multiple perspectives

Setting labels: far future · space opera · outer colonies · alien worlds · space warfare · Halo universe · post-contact war · military future · Covenant war

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Distance: 0.1987

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Anarchy

Megan DeVos · 2018 · Anarchy

In a lawless post-apocalyptic world, two rival camp leaders are pulled into a dangerous, forbidden romance.

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Premise labels: rival camps · survival romance · faction conflict · forbidden romance · post-collapse society

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · ruined world · camp communities · forest camps · ruined city · factional society

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Distance: 0.2011

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