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A Cure for Madness

Jodi McIsaac

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Premise labels used: family crisis, outbreak, quarantine, government conspiracy, moral dilemma, save family or world, infectious madness, sibling burden

Setting labels used: small town, Maine, Seattle, quarantine zone, contemporary, pandemic era feel, rural community

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Book of the Dead: AESLI-00

V.E.S. Pullen · 2020 · The JAK2 Cycle

A sick teen in a post-pandemic military town uncovers a dangerous secret as several mysterious boys orbit her life.

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Premise labels: post-pandemic world · quarantine community · hidden conspiracy · chronically ill heroine · multiple suitors · secretive base · government control · mystery illness

Setting labels: post-pandemic future · military base · small-town facade · quarantine zone · high school setting · medical setting · controlled community · United States

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Distance: 0.1688

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The Jakarta Pandemic

Steven Konkoly · 2013 · Alex Fletcher

A prepared former Marine tries to protect his family as a lethal flu pandemic triggers neighborhood breakdown.

Why this is here

Premise labels: global pandemic · flu pandemic · family survival · prepper protagonist · quarantine · societal collapse · resource scarcity · home defense · neighbor conflict · civilizational breakdown · disaster preparedness

Setting labels: Maine · New England · suburban neighborhood · one street · one house · one neighborhood · small-town USA · contemporary setting · global outbreak · winter setting · post-collapse society · quarantine at home

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1741

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Child Zero

Chris Holm · 2022

In a near-future New York ravaged by antibiotic resistance, a detective hunts a mystery tied to a boy everyone wants.

Why this is here

Premise labels: antibiotic resistance · bioterrorism · pandemic collapse · medical crisis · missing child · quarantine zone · manhunt · government overreach · scientific plausibility · public health crisis

Setting labels: near future · dystopian New York City · Central Park quarantine zone · post-pandemic world · surveillance state · urban collapse · futuristic cityscape

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1876

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Survivor Song

Paul Tremblay · 2020

During a rabies-like outbreak in Massachusetts, a pregnant woman and her doctor friend race through quarantine to reach care.

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Premise labels: viral outbreak · infection spread · race against time · pregnancy crisis · medical urgency · survival journey · hospital quest

Setting labels: Massachusetts · New England · hospital setting · quarantine setting · curfew setting · urban/suburban survival · post apocalyptic landscape · pandemic setting · contemporary setting · United States

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1898

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The Fireman

Joe Hill · 2017

A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.

Why this is here

Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · spontaneous combustion · infected survivors · plague survival · post-collapse community · protective outsider · pregnant protagonist · mysterious guardian · contagious disease

Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1943

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The Last Tribe

Brad Manuel · 2015

A teenage boy and scattered family members try to reunite after a deadly pandemic leaves only a few survivors.

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Premise labels: global pandemic · post-apocalyptic survival · family reunion · survivor community · search for family · rebuilding society

Setting labels: New England · Boston · New Hampshire · South Carolina · United States · global pandemic · locked-down society · winter setting · post-collapse America · remote homestead

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Distance: 0.1944

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Home

Tom Abrahams · 2015 · The Traveler

A fortified prepper in plague-ravaged Texas breaks isolation to help a desperate woman, drawing danger to his door.

Why this is here

Premise labels: pandemic survival · isolated homestead · prepper protagonist · family loss · rescue dilemma · fortified property · post-collapse survival

Setting labels: near future · post-pandemic · rural Texas · central Texas ranch · post-collapse America · lawless landscape · compound setting · isolated homestead

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Distance: 0.1985

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Wilder Girls

Rory Power · 2019 · Wilder Girls

Quarantined on an island boarding school, three girls face a mutating illness, dangerous woods, and a friend gone missing.

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Premise labels: quarantine outbreak · island isolation · body mutation · missing friend · survival struggle · mystery illness · boarding school crisis · female friendship · queer romance · secret history

Setting labels: island school · boarding school · remote island · quarantine zone · coastal Maine · post-outbreak · isolated community · nature turned dangerous · government containment · small-world setting

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Distance: 0.1996

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This Book Is Full of Spiders

David Wong, Jason Pargin · 2012 · John Dies at the End

A sarcastic slacker duo battles an apparently zombie-like spider infestation and a looming apocalypse in their town.

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Premise labels: parasitic infestation · zombie outbreak · apocalypse threat · small-town crisis · government cover-up · mind control · invisible menace

Setting labels: small town · Midwestern U.S. · quarantine · internment camps · contemporary · near-apocalyptic · urban fantasy world · otherworldly

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Distance: 0.2003

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My Dead World

Jacqueline Druga · 2017 · My Dead World

A family retreats to an isolated cabin after a deadly virus spreads, but survival demands hard choices and brutal losses.

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Premise labels: viral outbreak · family survival · prepper setup · cabin refuge · survival under quarantine · end of the world

Setting labels: family cabin · mountains · isolated location · city to wilderness shift · global pandemic · United States · India · near-future outbreak

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2011

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Kingdom of Needle and Bone

Mira Grant · 2018

When a deadly measles-like outbreak shatters herd immunity, one doctor must choose how far to go to save humanity.

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Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · vaccine refusal · herd immunity · medical crisis · public health collapse · survival dilemma · ethical choice · quarantine refuge · worldwide contagion · compromised immunity

Setting labels: contemporary · United States · Canada · global pandemic · amusement park · medical practice · quarantine island · isolated refuge · post-outbreak world

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Distance: 0.2011

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Aurora

David Koepp · 2022

A solar storm knocks out the world’s power, forcing estranged siblings to survive chaos in radically different ways.

Why this is here

Premise labels: global blackout · solar storm · CME disaster · survival crisis · estranged siblings · family under pressure · community survival · prepper contrast

Setting labels: Aurora, Illinois · Midwestern suburb · Silicon Valley · desert bunker · post-pandemic · near future · worldwide blackout · small-town survival

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2025

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