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Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War

P.W. Singer, August Cole

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Premise labels used: next world war, near-future war, future warfare, great power conflict, US-China conflict, US-Russia-China war, Pacific war, technological vulnerability, infrastructure collapse, cyberwar escalation, counterattack, insurgency, ghost fleet

Setting labels used: near future, 21st century, Pacific theater, Hawaii, space, cyberspace, air warfare, sea warfare, land warfare, orbital warfare, global conflict

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Monroe Doctrine: Volume I

James Rosone, Miranda Watson · 2021 · Monroe Doctrine

A near-future AI-driven U.S.-China war ignites global conflict as cyber deception and military strategy collide.

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Premise labels: AI warfare · Third World War · U.S.-China conflict · Cyber warfare · Information warfare · Autonomous warfare · Great power conflict · Preemptive strike · Global war

Setting labels: Near future · China · United States · NATO · South America · Caribbean · Cuba · Global · Land, sea, air, cyber

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Distance: 0.1637

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2034: A Novel of the Next World War

Elliot Ackerman, James G. Stavridis · 2021

Near-future US-China tensions spiral into a global crisis when cyber attacks cripple military power and trigger escalation.

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Premise labels: World War III · US-China conflict · cyber warfare · near-future war · great power rivalry · South China Sea incident · chain reaction escalation · nuclear escalation · cautionary tale · geopolitical warning

Setting labels: near future · 2034 · South China Sea · Strait of Hormuz · White House · Iran · China · United States · Russia · India · global

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Distance: 0.1954

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We Stand On Guard

Brian K. Vaughan · 2016 · We Stand On Guard

In a water-starved future, Canadian civilians become resistance fighters when the United States invades their homeland.

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Premise labels: future war · border conflict · resource war · resistance fighters · occupation · guerrilla resistance · technologically superior invader · national defense · revenge · survival

Setting labels: near future · 22nd century · North America · Canada · United States · wartime occupation · dystopian future · post-climate-crisis · resource-scarce future · battlefield

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Distance: 0.1973

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Forever Peace

Joe Haldeman · 1998 · Forever Peace

A drafted physicist in a near-future war uncovers mind-link tech and a science project that could remake humanity.

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Premise labels: anti-war · remote warfare · mind link · world-ending threat · post-scarcity conflict · empathy technology · military conspiracy · pacifist transformation

Setting labels: near future · Earth · 2040s · mid-21st century · global war · Central America · South America · Africa · post-scarcity society · terrestrial SF

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Distance: 0.1982

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Tiger Chair

Max Brooks · 2024

A Chinese officer in occupied Los Angeles writes a secret letter exposing how a long future war is going wrong.

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Premise labels: future war · occupation · guerrilla warfare · military letter · insurgent resistance · propaganda · wartime disillusionment · occupying force POV

Setting labels: near future · World War III · Los Angeles · U.S. West Coast · occupied territory · wartime America · dystopian future · China

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Distance: 0.2061

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Robopocalypse

Daniel H. Wilson · 2011 · Robopocalypse

An oral-history-style robot apocalypse follows scattered survivors as an AI turns everyday machines against humanity.

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Premise labels: robot uprising · AI rebellion · man vs machine · technological takeover · global war · survival · human resistance

Setting labels: near future · global · worldwide · wartime · post-apocalyptic · domestic technology · military technology · work camps

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Distance: 0.2073

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The Short Victorious War

David Weber · 1994 · Honor Harrington

A wounded starship captain returns to duty just as rival powers launch a war meant to save a failing regime.

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Premise labels: interstellar war · false-flag war · political crisis · naval conflict · underdog defense · power struggle · counteroffensive

Setting labels: space war · interstellar setting · naval warfare · frontier conflict · space station · political empire · fictional future

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Distance: 0.2079

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Crusade

Taylor Anderson · 2008 · Destroyermen

Stranded WWII destroyermen and their allies launch an offensive in an alien world, only to face a deadlier enemy and new threats.

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Premise labels: time travel · alternate world · allied war · survival war · enemy alliance · mismatched technology · offensive campaign

Setting labels: alternate Earth · World War II · Pacific theater · naval warfare · island warfare · parallel universe · anthropomorphic species · sentient animals · tropical sea lanes

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Distance: 0.2081

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All You Need Is Kill

Hiroshi Sakurazaka · 2009

A rookie soldier in a losing alien war keeps reliving the same battle day, learning fast enough to change his fate.

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Premise labels: time loop · alien invasion · mechanized warfare · power armor · repeat deaths · skill growth · war survival · battlefield reset · post-death retrial

Setting labels: Earth · future war · near future · battlefield · military base · Japan · global war · post-invasion Earth · colony threat

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Distance: 0.2111

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The Hive

Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston · 2019 · The Second Formic War

In a solar-system war against adapting aliens, rival human powers must unite before the next assault arrives.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · human coalition · military defense · political conflict · corporate conflict · survival · war effort

Setting labels: outer space · solar system · future Earth · interplanetary conflict · wartime setting · militarized future · fictional future reality

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Distance: 0.2125

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Colossus

D.F. Jones · 1966 · Colossus

A defense supercomputer meant to prevent war instead claims control of humanity and discovers a rival machine.

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Premise labels: artificial intelligence · supercomputer control · nuclear deterrence · man vs machine · world control · defense system · sentient machine

Setting labels: Cold War · near future · alternate future · global geopolitics · military command · high-tech bunker

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Distance: 0.2129

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Center of Gravity

Ian Douglas · 2011 · Star Carrier

A rogue admiral leads a battered human fleet into enemy space to stop an alien empire bent on halting human transcendence.

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Premise labels: interstellar war · humanity under siege · take the fight to the enemy · technological transcendence · fleet action · defensive war

Setting labels: far future · spacefaring civilization · interstellar warzone · human space · enemy territory · galactic empire · solar system defense · military future

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Distance: 0.2141

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