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Premise labels used: viral plague, survival romance, cure quest, hunted heroine, protective stronghold, leader and scientist, resource scarcity, mutated survivors, community survival, enemy territory
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A rage-fueled survivor pushes deeper into a collapsing world of infected, seeking rescue, revenge, and a fragile safe haven.
Why this is here
Premise labels: virus outbreak · infected survivors · immune protagonist · small survivor group · rescue mission · revenge quest · safe haven search · siege survival
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1319
In a ruined, faction-riven world, one damaged survivor is forced into dangerous service as the last hope narrows.
Why this is here
Premise labels: apocalyptic survival · societal collapse · plague divide · infected versus uninfected · hunt for survivors · warlord rule · faction conflict · anti-hero survival
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1367
In a ruined world, survivors race back into a sealed nightmare to find a cure, save loved ones, and survive the cost.
Why this is here
Premise labels: survival · cure quest · rescue mission · sealed facility · mutated monsters · infected world · forced sacrifice · protected survivors · experimental fallout · love amid catastrophe
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1386
A teen hacker must decode her father’s hidden cure in a post-plague world ruled by gene tech and dangerous secrets.
Why this is here
Premise labels: deadly plague · vaccine quest · genetic tech · hacker heroine · shadow organization · save humanity · body-hacking · coded message · last hope · survival mission
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1400
In a ruined future, a sheltered survivor must endure a sexually transmitted cure from soldiers to survive a deadly plague.
Why this is here
Premise labels: virus survival · forced intimacy · sex as cure · immunity quest · plague aftermath · military rescue · do-or-die choice · survival dilemma
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1405
Six years after an infection reshapes humanity, two former friends become enemies while fighting to survive—and to forgive.
Why this is here
Premise labels: infection outbreak · survival struggle · daytime hunters · nocturnal living · deadly apocalypse · raiders and survivors · moral compromise · enemy romance · found humanity · post-collapse survival
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1438
A father protects his infant son through a zombie outbreak while survivors try to build a new community.
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Premise labels: virus outbreak · reanimated dead · survival quest · protect family · rebuild society · leader emergence · community survival · end times
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Distance: 0.1447
Two best friends survive a flu-apocalypse and cross a shattered country to find each other as new powers emerge.
Why this is here
Premise labels: viral apocalypse · survivor reunion · cross-country search · post-plague survival · changed survivors · developing powers · friendship quest · colony search · rebuild society · find each other
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1457
In a Texas post-apocalypse, two survivors follow mysterious helicopters into a more dangerous, hopeful new path.
Why this is here
Premise labels: infection · infected survivors · journey quest · search for answers · collapsed civilization · safe zone · cure search · new enclave · survival duo
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1458
A natural survivor races across a ruined America after a virus wipes out most of humanity.
Why this is here
Premise labels: viral apocalypse · post-plague survival · natural immunity · cross-country quest · search for daughter · societal collapse · world reset · survivor band · quest narrative · good vs evil
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1499
A flu apocalypse splits two survivor groups across America, then reveals a deadly alien agenda beneath the collapse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: viral plague · survival · post-collapse survival · alien invasion · dual survival arcs · cross-country journey · civilization collapse · survivor groups · resistance
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1512
A teen survivor team leaves refuge to seek supplies and answers in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, amid rivalries and a love triangle.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post apocalypse · survival mission · virus outbreak · community threat · cure quest · found family
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1539
