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Kelley Skovron, Jon Skovron

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Hope and Red.

Plot structure labels used: dual timeline, dual POV, parallel backstories, slow-burn convergence, late character meeting, character-driven, training arc, time skips, intercut backstory, series setup, quest alignment

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their plot structure embeddings are close.

Cover of Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel

Lightbreakers

Aja Gabel · 2025

A grieving physicist and his artist wife are drawn into a secret time-travel project that forces them to face memory, love, and loss.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1023

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Kill Team

Jason Anspach, Nick Cole · 2017 · Galaxy's Edge

Elite legionnaires go on a black-ops revenge mission while a deep-cover spy thread exposes a wider galactic conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1076

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Iron Council

China Miéville · 2004 · New Crobuzon

In a war-torn fantasy city, rebels and fugitives chase a legendary runaway train as revolution brews on every front.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1103

Cover of The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

The Lost Gate

Orson Scott Card · 2011 · Mither Mages

A boy in a secretive magical family discovers he can create gates, triggering a dangerous escape across two worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1112

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The Bard's Blade

Brian D. Anderson · 2020 · The Sorcerer's Song

A sheltered musician and his betrothed are forced beyond a magical border into a dangerous world to face prophecy and evil.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1119

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Last Exit

Max Gladstone · 2022

A fractured found-family road trip across alternate worlds becomes one last chance to save a lost love and a dying reality.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1119

Cover of Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler

Ashes of the Sun

Django Wexler · 2020 · Burningblade & Silvereye

Separated siblings end up on opposite sides of a magic-ruled conflict, each chasing power, truth, and revenge.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1120

Cover of Now, Then, and Everywhen by Rysa Walker

Now, Then, and Everywhen

Rysa Walker · 2020 · Chronos Origins

Two future historians collide across eras when a time shift erases lives and threatens to rewrite history forever.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1122

Cover of The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

The Principle of Moments

Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson · 2024 · Order of Legends

A Black queer time-travel space opera where two heroes across centuries race a prophecy to save a tyrannical galaxy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1129

Cover of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

The Future of Another Timeline

Annalee Newitz · 2019

Two women across decades join a covert time-war over history, feminism, and who gets to shape the future.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1129

Cover of The After War by Brandon Zenner

The After War

Brandon Zenner · The After War

Two survivor groups leave hidden refuges after apocalypse and disease, crossing a ruined continent toward family and a changed world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1130

Cover of Star Wars: The Mandalorian Armor by K.W. Jeter

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Armor

K.W. Jeter · 1998 · Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars

A wounded Boba Fett survives the Sarlacc while a tangled bounty-hunter conspiracy unfolds across two timelines.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1142

Cover of Voyage by Stephen Baxter

Voyage

Stephen Baxter · 1997 · NASA Trilogy

An alternate-history NASA saga where JFK survives and America races to send astronauts to Mars in the 1980s.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1145

Cover of Scarlet Odyssey by C.T. Rwizi

Scarlet Odyssey

C.T. Rwizi · 2020 · Scarlet Odyssey

A gender-defiant young man joins a ragtag quest across an African-inspired world where magic, politics, and violence collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1146