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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Sanctuary.
Setting labels used: space station, space prison, corporate dystopia, solar system, near-future, isolated setting, high-security facility
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A rogue security unit races home to rescue a respected human ally while evading a powerful corporation.
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Setting labels: space station · galaxy-wide · corporate dystopia · spacefaring future · terraforming facility · station authorities · heavy surveillance
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0843
A retired Weyland-Yutani security chief must return to a besieged space station to save his estranged son and stop an alien outbreak.
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Setting labels: space station · orbiting station · near-Earth · industrial future · corporate-controlled future · sci-fi dystopia · confined setting · off-world facility · future timeline · Alien universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0855
A captive scientist recounts the hidden backstory behind a disastrous secret research program in the Expanse universe.
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Setting labels: solar system · hard-scrabble solar system · locked room · prison setting · space station · near future · captivity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1016
A desperate human is thrust into an alien bride lottery and matched with a minotaur king who needs an heir.
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Setting labels: space station · spaceship · alien planet · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · off-world kingdom
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1035
In a dying-future space society, two pilots seek a promised world and uncover a truth that could reshape it.
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Setting labels: space station · space travel · future Earth · post-apocalyptic future · restricted world · dystopian future · futuristic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1037
A captured cyborg and the woman sent to study him escape together, uncovering a dangerous secret and unexpected feelings.
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Setting labels: space setting · dystopian future · military facility · captivity setting · underground base · space travel · cyborg outpost · futuristic Earth
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Distance: 0.1116
A kidnapped human is dumped on an alien prison planet and becomes the focus of a dangerous prisoner who wants to protect her.
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Setting labels: alien prison · prison planet · intergalactic setting · space setting · dystopian prison system · maximum security · harsh environment · work camp
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Distance: 0.1125
The Doctor and Rose are split across a brutal prison-world system and must reunite while hidden aliens tighten their grip.
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Setting labels: deep space · alien planet · prison colony · multi-planet system · dystopian future · labor camp · teenage borstal · scientific prison
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1139
An ex-con is pulled into one last queer cyberpunk heist after a betrayal, family duty, and old feelings collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space station · futuristic dystopia · cyberpunk setting · colonized space station · class-stratified society · near-future · capitalist hellscape · Hawaiian diaspora community · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1158
Amanda Ripley follows a lead on her missing mother to a ruined space station where an alien hunt becomes a fight to survive.
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Setting labels: space station · deep space · space horror · future science fiction · industrial station · abandoned station · corporate-controlled setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1170
An immortal cat runs a battered space station, fighting crises, loneliness, and Earth’s collapse from orbit.
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Setting labels: space station · orbital setting · Earth orbit · post-apocalyptic Earth · solar system · far future · dystopian future · multi-dimensional threats · haunted setting · decaying infrastructure · space opera setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1174
A rogue security AI hunts corporate evidence on an abandoned terraforming site while trying not to care about anyone.
Why this is here
Setting labels: space future · corporate-dystopian · terraforming facility · abandoned station · transport ship · outer rim · planetary colony · space station · alien artifacts
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1180
