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Characterization labels used: Interpol agent, analyst, researcher, goody-two-shoes protagonist, family man, genetic crime boss, criminal syndicate boss, criminal doctor, hit man, competent sidekick

Relationships labels used: pursuer-pursued, law enforcement vs criminal syndicate, family motivation, colleagues turned adversaries, power struggle, identity confusion, criminal network

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The Master of the World

Jules Verne · 2006 · Robur

A federal inspector hunts strange sightings across the U.S., only to confront a secretive inventor and his impossible machine.

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Characterization labels: police inspector · government investigator · brave · clever · passive protagonist · obsessive curiosity · mad inventor · genius inventor · megalomaniac · secretive · silent antagonist · henchmen · elderly housekeeper · federal officer

Relationships labels: pursuer and pursued · protagonist-antagonist · government vs inventor · authority vs individual · captor and captive · friend and superior · community fear

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Distance: 0.2307

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Marooned in Realtime

Vernor Vinge · 1986 · Across Realtime

A stranded detective must solve a murder in a future where a few hundred humans struggle to restart humanity after extinction.

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Characterization labels: detective protagonist · ex-cop · competent protagonist · skeptical protagonist · persistent investigator · high-tech faction · low-tech faction · faction leaders · lonely survivor · murderer · power seeker · ordinary-citizen lead

Relationships labels: faction rivalry · community survival · romantic bond · investigator-client · power struggle · betrayal · dependency · collective action · family separation · marooning

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Distance: 0.2502

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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.

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Characterization labels: detective protagonist · widower · single father · sick child · ex-girlfriend doctor · partnered cops · tween protagonist · immune child · likable characters · cunning characters · mercenaries · extremist villains · corrupt officials · wealthy power brokers

Relationships labels: father-daughter · partnered detectives · exes · protective alliance · chase dynamic · power struggle · family stakes · trust and betrayal · community under siege · good guys vs bad guys

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Distance: 0.2521

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Crux

Ramez Naam · 2013 · Nexus

A near-future techno-thriller where a mind-network drug spreads worldwide, igniting war, control, and posthuman upheaval.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: scientist · government scientist · tech creator · on-the-run protagonist · rogue operative · clone · posthuman child · terrorist leader · billionaire · antagonist with human motives · morally ambiguous characters · conflicted characters · dynamic characters

Relationships labels: found family · protector role · friendship · rivalry · pursuit · power struggle · parent-child · mentor-mentee · community bonds

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Distance: 0.2639

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Screw The Galaxy

Steven Campbell · 2013 · Hard Luck Hank

A nearly indestructible mutant negotiator on a criminal space station gets pulled into a bigger galaxy-wide mess.

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Characterization labels: thug protagonist · mute negotiator · hired muscle · bulletproof mutant · regenerative healing · good-natured brute · antihero · likable criminal · corrupt cop · mysterious blue woman · rogue enforcer · competent but not brilliant · non-heroic hero · straight man · deadpan protagonist

Relationships labels: rival gangs · crime boss network · protagonist-antagonist tension · possible romance · mutual dependence · friendship with corrupt cop · community loyalty · protective instinct · power struggle · authority vs criminals

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Distance: 0.2664

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Nova Express

William S. Burroughs · 1964 · The Nova Trilogy

A cut-up sci-fi satire where a police agent battles a language-virus conspiracy and systems of control.

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Characterization labels: inspector · police agent · criminal mastermind · control addict · outlaw · junkie · paranoid narrator · alter ego

Relationships labels: police vs criminals · oppressor vs oppressed · addiction dependency · power struggle · collective conflict · infiltration · control network · coexistence of rival forces

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Distance: 0.2680

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Johnny Mnemonic

William Gibson · 1995

A data courier with a brain implant must outrun criminals and recover stolen secrets before the information destroys him.

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Characterization labels: courier · smuggler · data trafficker · tech-savvy · technical jargon · femme fatale · cybernetic dolphin · junkie · cyborg · gangster · mercenary · outcast · pawn · antihero

Relationships labels: pursuit · business partnership · ally network · criminal patrons · hunted protagonist · trust issues · exploitative dependency · friendship · mentor aid

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Distance: 0.2760

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Machine Vendetta

Alastair Reynolds · 2024 · Prefect Dreyfus Emergency

A space cop investigates a colleague’s mysterious death and uncovers a rogue-AI conspiracy threatening a far-future democracy.

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Characterization labels: seasoned detective · stoic protagonist · overworked cop · idealistic law enforcer · mentoring · dedicated officer · rogue AI antagonist · complex antagonist · loyal colleague · female prefect · uplifted character · hyperpig

Relationships labels: mentor-mentee · colleague teamwork · marital devotion · family duty · found family · work family · rivalry · uneasy alliance · betrayal · institution vs citizenry

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Distance: 0.2766

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Thin Air

Richard K. Morgan · 2018

An ex-enforcer on Mars is forced into a bodyguard job that pulls him into a corruption-breeding mystery.

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Characterization labels: antihero · hardboiled detective type · ex-corporate enforcer · ex-military operative · mercenary · bodyguard · cybernetically enhanced human · gene-enhanced human · hibernoid · reluctant hero · morally murky · violent protagonist · cynical protagonist · tough guy · AI companion · corrupt authority figures

Relationships labels: bodyguard-protectee · antagonistic authority · corporate patronage · power imbalance · romantic hookup · hostile cooperation · ally network · betrayal · rival factions · community under pressure · police coercion · audit-team tension

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Distance: 0.2784

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Beetle in the Anthill

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky · 1980 · Максим Каммерер / Maxim Kammerer

A secretive investigator hunts a vanished progressor, uncovering a tense mystery about identity, fear, and hidden control.

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Characterization labels: older protagonist · security officer · investigator · fugitive · progressor · secretive superior · ambiguous suspect · alien companion · quiet man · paranoid bureaucracy

Relationships labels: authority and subordinate · pursuer and pursued · mentor and agent · friendship · professional partnership · suspected kinship · secret service hierarchy

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Distance: 0.2792

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Blackout: A Techno-Thriller

Marc Elsberg · 2017 · Blackout

A Europe-wide power-grid collapse traps a former hacker in the crosshairs as he races to stop a widening catastrophe.

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Characterization labels: former hacker · activist · journalist · investigator · Europol figure · politicians · bureaucrats · corporate actors · technically competent protagonist · suspected protagonist · ensemble cast · flat characters

Relationships labels: partnership · fugitive duo · romantic tension · trust issues · authority suspicion · allyship · professional collaboration · family pressure · institutional conflict

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Distance: 0.2794

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The Green Lantern, Vol. 1: Intergalactic Lawman

Grant Morrison · 2019 · The Green Lantern by Grant Morrison

Hal Jordan returns as a space cop, investigating a cosmic conspiracy, a hidden traitor, and Earth’s disappearance.

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Characterization labels: maverick · rogue lawman · detective · undercover operative · hothead · volatile · cerebral detective · moral compromise

Relationships labels: corps traitor · rival factions · good cop/bad cop · undercover infiltration · institutional conflict · authority clash · betrayal · community under threat · power struggle

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2797

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