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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Hope and Red.
Setting labels used: fracturing empire, seas, coastal setting, city slums, urban underclass, monastery, islands, pirate world, dark fantasy world, alternate world, savage seas, class-divided society, fantastical empire
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A crime-boss assassin must protect his wife when her secret revolutionary activism threatens their marriage and his world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy empire · capital city · urban slum · human quarter · fantasy city · class-stratified society · feudal hierarchy · alien-race society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1597
A desperate teen cheats into an elite monster-chariot race to save her family in a brutal, caste-bound island world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: oceanic world · island setting · watery world · dystopian setting · class-divided society · sun-scorched world · archipelago · ruling elite
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1740
An orphaned girl inventor is kidnapped by pirates and must dive into danger, grief, and a buried treasure mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: ocean setting · seafaring world · island setting · undersea setting · fantasy world · alternate Earth · steampunk world · maritime setting · nonreal world · fictional seas
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1796
An assassin’s divine job sparks war, rebellion, and a life-changing break with his old loyalties.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy empire · island kingdom · capital city · urban unrest · court politics · ghetto setting · imaginary place · sorcery-enabled world · foreign land
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1839
A young airship commander must survive war, politics, and family betrayal while racing to uncover a weapon that could save his sky realm.
Why this is here
Setting labels: floating islands · sky realm · war-torn world · vertical society · toxic clouds · below-the-clouds world · secondary world · military setting · post-Gauntlet setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1849
A queer imperial insider races to stop a plague-driven collapse while choosing how to destroy an empire without becoming it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: imperial court · colonial empire · naval setting · island setting · sea voyage · world-spanning · political fantasy world · alternate world · biological warfare setting · plague setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1864
A traumatized imperial cryptarch navigates espionage, rebellion, and a widening war while wrestling grief and power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secondary world · imperial court · naval setting · island cultures · world-spanning setting · fantasy empire · war setting · colonial setting · fantasy geopolitics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1901
A wanted outlaw crew races to solve a poisoned-water mystery and win back the emperor’s trust.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy city · imperial city · aqueducts · waterworks · mountains · rural woodland · industrializing world · steampunk world · fictional empire
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1919
A rogue thief and a dragon prince strike a dangerous bargain across rival worlds, where magic is harvested from bodies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: divided world · sky realm · cloud-separated worlds · steampunk world · industrial setting · fictional secondary world · oppressive regime · guild society · hierarchical society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1927
An orphan with a supposedly bad talent joins a tiered ascension program and fights to turn a setback into power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dungeon delving · rifts · monster-infested world · space fantasy · multi-planet · empire · republic · low-tier world · magic-tech blend · backwater planet · higher tiers · future humanity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1927
A fugitive linguist is swept into a floating pirate city whose secret mission could reshape the world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Bas-Lag · New Crobuzon · Armada · oceanic setting · secondary world · alternate world · floating city · maritime setting · distant colony · industrial fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1954
A priest and an undead sorcerer cross an alien sea to expose a hidden evil in a faith-shaped, nightmare-haunted world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alien world · new continent · ocean crossing · hostile wasteland · imperial civilization · fantasy world · religion-shaped society · dark secondary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1955
