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Tone labels used: tense, thrilling, suspenseful, dark, cynical, optimistic, paranoid, high-energy, darkly humorous, cerebral, over-the-top

Premise labels used: hidden technology, secret government agency, technological suppression, inventor abduction, anti-gravity breakthrough, scientific conspiracy, power monopoly

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Deception Point

Dan Brown · 2002

A NASA discovery in the Arctic ignites a presidential-election conspiracy, forcing one analyst to uncover the truth.

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Tone labels: suspenseful · tense · frantic · dark · thrilling · high-stakes · paranoid · action-heavy · melodramatic · cinematic · fun (mixed)

Premise labels: scientific discovery · conspiracy · political power struggle · cover-up · NASA investigation · alien life evidence · truth verification · assassins · election stakes

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Distance: 0.1518

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Immune

Richard Phillips · 2009 · The Rho Agenda

A hunted teen team races to stop a government-backed alien-tech crisis as conspiracies, violence, and powers escalate.

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Tone labels: dark · tense · suspenseful · action-packed · thrilling · bloody · creepy · violent · unsettling · serious · fast-paced · ominous

Premise labels: alien technology · government conspiracy · teen protagonists · genetic cure · medical breakthrough · pursuit and cover-up · hidden informant · technological escalation

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Distance: 0.1610

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Darknet

Matthew Mather · 2015

A stockbroker and a data scientist race to stop an AI-driven corporate conspiracy before it destroys their families and the world economy.

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Tone labels: tense · frightening · suspenseful · paranoid · propulsive · creepy · thrilling · thought-provoking · bleak · high-stakes

Premise labels: artificial intelligence · autonomous corporation · financial conspiracy · dark web · global menace · hunted protagonists · identity spoofing · assassination market · banking conspiracy · corporate takeover · world economy · family under threat

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Distance: 0.1648

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Season Of The Harvest

Michael R. Hicks · 2011 · Harvest Trilogy

An FBI agent hunts a brutal killer and uncovers a GM-crop conspiracy that may hide an alien threat to humanity.

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Tone labels: tense · suspenseful · creepy · terrifying · dark · intense · exciting · thrilling · paranoid · action-heavy · pulse-pounding

Premise labels: genetic conspiracy · GMOs · alien takeover · eco-terrorism · FBI investigation · biotech threat · government conspiracy · apocalyptic threat · corporate conspiracy

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Distance: 0.1685

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Prey

Michael Crichton · 2004

A fired programmer is pulled into a desert crisis when self-replicating nanobots escape and begin hunting people.

Why this is here

Tone labels: thrilling · scary · tense · paranoid · uneasy · claustrophobic · dystopian · cautionary · intense · creepy · mind-boggling

Premise labels: nanotechnology gone wrong · rogue swarm · predator technology · human vs machine · cautionary tale · technology threat · self-replicating system

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Distance: 0.1706

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The Whispering Room

Dean Koontz · 2017 · Jane Hawk

A rogue FBI agent hunts a powerful mind-control conspiracy while evading the government and protecting her hidden son.

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Tone labels: suspenseful · tense · dark · frightening · fast-paced · paranoid · high-stakes · thrilling · electric · grim

Premise labels: rogue agent · mind control · secret conspiracy · fugitive on the run · mother protecting child · truth pursuit · technological threat · government corruption · cabal · manhunt

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Distance: 0.1719

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Terms of Use

Scott Allan Morrison · 2016

After a social network is hacked and a murder follows, an engineer must expose a conspiracy before he’s framed and hunted.

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Tone labels: suspenseful · tense · frightening · paranoid · urgent · thrilling · scary · cautionary · exciting · dramatic

Premise labels: cyberattack · corporate conspiracy · on the run · wrongly accused · privacy invasion · social media manipulation · election interference · hunted protagonist · cover-up · data exploitation

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Distance: 0.1768

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Sekret

Lindsay Smith · 2014 · Sekret

In Cold War Soviet Russia, a teen psychic is forced into a KGB spy program and must protect her family and freedom.

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Tone labels: tense · dark · creepy · suspenseful · paranoid · thrilling · intense · grim · harsh · mysterious

Premise labels: psychic spies · Cold War espionage · forced recruitment · mind reading · family leverage · space race

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Distance: 0.1785

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Paper and Fire

Rachel Caine · 2016 · The Great Library

A book-loving smuggler turned soldier joins a desperate rescue and rebellion against a library that controls all knowledge.

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Tone labels: tense · dark · grim · suspenseful · thrilling · urgent · exciting · bleak · intense

Premise labels: book censorship · knowledge monopoly · forbidden books · library tyranny · rescue mission · fugitives on the run · resistance against power · hidden archives

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Distance: 0.1811

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Mount Dragon

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child · 2005

A secret desert lab’s attempt to engineer a flu cure spirals into a deadly biosecurity crisis and survival chase.

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Tone labels: tense · frightening · creepy · exciting · paranoid · apocalyptic · suspenseful · dark · adrenalized

Premise labels: genetic engineering · biotechnology · virus outbreak · pandemic threat · secret lab · medical breakthrough · corporate conspiracy · human enhancement · bioweapon risk · scientific ethics · desert facility · remote research station

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Distance: 0.1812

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Going Zero

Anthony McCarten · 2023

A Boston librarian enters a high-stakes surveillance test and must disappear for 30 days while tech and government hunt her.

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Tone labels: tense · thrilling · propulsive · urgent · paranoid · ominous · fun · fast-paced · thought-provoking · cautionary · suspenseful

Premise labels: surveillance contest · off-grid challenge · cat and mouse · race against time · big tech vs government · privacy vs security · hunted competition · prize incentive · beta test

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Distance: 0.1838

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Ice Hunt

James Rollins · 2007

An Arctic rescue pulls an outsider into a covert battle over a buried ice station, lethal secrets, and creatures in the ice.

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Tone labels: tense · creepy · high-energy · thrilling · fast-paced · action-packed · suspenseful · over-the-top · escapist · movie-like · claustrophobic

Premise labels: secret base · Arctic discovery · under-ice research facility · government conspiracy · race against time · hidden experiment · creature threat · military standoff · scientific coverup

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1839

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