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Premise labels used: deadly virus, survivor powers, government research facility, vaccine search, ethical conflict, forbidden romance, infected detention, medical crisis

Themes labels used: humanity, ethics, medical morality, compassion, survival, trust, freedom, segregation, state power, choice, identity, trauma, social responsibility, equality, crisis morality

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Juniper Unraveling

Keri Lake · 2017 · Juniper Unraveling

In a virus-ravaged world split by walls, a young survivor and a mute boy become bound by love and dangerous secrets.

Why this is here

Premise labels: survival · love under pressure · wall divide · infected society · forbidden contact · research facility · escaped prisoner · hidden truth · post-virus world

Themes labels: survival · love · resilience · hope · humanity · compassion · evil humanity · moral corruption · power and control · identity · truth and secrecy · sacrifice · trauma · trust · acceptance · tolerance · rebuilding · good versus evil · science ethics

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Kill Them with Kindness

Will Carver · 2025

A scientist races to stop a deadly virus by mutating it into compassion—until kindness becomes its own danger.

Why this is here

Premise labels: deadly virus · virus mutation · kindness contagion · pandemic conspiracy · political plot · race against time · worldwide crisis

Themes labels: compassion · empathy · kindness · control · power · corruption · misinformation · fear · selfishness · human nature · morality · public trust · unintended consequences · choice · social critique

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Immunity

Erin Bowman · 2019 · Contagion

After escaping a deadly outbreak, three survivors are trapped in space and hunted for the power the contagion left behind.

Why this is here

Premise labels: post-outbreak survival · imprisonment · forced experimentation · superhuman abilities · political warfare · escape attempt · space prison · galactic threat · contagion weaponization

Themes labels: survival · trust · sacrifice · morality · power · control · trauma · grief · loss · hope · freedom · ethical science · political corruption · weaponization · choice · love · resilience

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Strain

Amelia C. Gormley · 2014 · Strain

In a ruined future, a sheltered survivor must endure a sexually transmitted cure from soldiers to survive a deadly plague.

Why this is here

Premise labels: virus survival · forced intimacy · sex as cure · immunity quest · plague aftermath · military rescue · do-or-die choice · survival dilemma

Themes labels: survival · consent · power imbalance · shame · desire · trust · humiliation · humanity · degradation · hope · companionship · camaraderie · morality · sacrifice · endurance · trauma · religious abuse · sexual repression · love vs necessity

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The Memory of Animals

Claire Fuller · 2023

A marine biologist in a pandemic vaccine trial wakes trapped with other volunteers and discovers memory can be revisited.

Why this is here

Premise labels: pandemic survival · vaccine trial · memory technology · animal captivity · survival suspense · isolated volunteers · moral dilemma · post-collapse containment

Themes labels: memory · grief · survival · freedom · captivity · responsibility · humanity · ethics · consequences · love · forgiveness · choice · connection · animal welfare · survivor guilt · science ethics

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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

Themes labels: public health · survival · fear · hope · humanity · government power · civil liberties · authoritarianism · racism · xenophobia · immigration · class inequality · medical ethics · science vs politics · crisis response · misinformation · prejudice · capitalism

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The Ark

Lou Vane · 2022

Captured by a brutal new community, Jess and her friends must survive, keep secrets, and find a way to escape.

Why this is here

Premise labels: captivity · forced community · escape plan · survival · virus aftermath · secret identity · enemy territory · immunity

Themes labels: survival · loyalty · betrayal · morality · choice · sacrifice · grief · trauma · trust · community · power · control · fear · hope · identity · us vs them

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This Mortal Coil

Emily Suvada · 2017 · This Mortal Coil

A teen hacker must decode her father’s hidden cure in a post-plague world ruled by gene tech and dangerous secrets.

Why this is here

Premise labels: deadly plague · vaccine quest · genetic tech · hacker heroine · shadow organization · save humanity · body-hacking · coded message · last hope · survival mission

Themes labels: survival · trust · betrayal · family loyalty · humanity · ethics · morality · control · free will · science and power · identity · sacrifice · agency · corruption · truth and deception · body autonomy · playing god · dehumanization

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Deception

Teri Terry · 2018 · Dark Matter

In a plague-ravaged UK, two teens search for truth and each other while survivors with strange powers are hunted.

Why this is here

Premise labels: epidemic outbreak · survival story · quarantine · survivors with powers · government custody · truth-seeking · manhunt · biological threat · escape pursuit

Themes labels: survival · betrayal · secrets · guilt · grief · loneliness · identity · power · trust · truth · responsibility · control · morality · panic · loss · communication · science and ethics · difference · human connection · fear of contagion

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Rise of the RAMs

Christopher Artinian · 2017 · Safe Haven

In a quarantined UK overrun by fast-infected dead, siblings race north with other survivors toward a possible safe haven.

Why this is here

Premise labels: viral apocalypse · quarantine collapse · survival journey · safe haven search · family protection · trust among survivors · infected dead

Themes labels: survival · family · trust · loyalty · moral choice · human nature · resilience · protection · sacrifice · responsibility · civil order collapse · good versus evil · grey morality · what makes family

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Chimera

Mira Grant · 2015 · Parasitology

In a collapsing near-future, a human-parasite hybrid fights quarantine, factions, and identity to bring her family home.

Why this is here

Premise labels: outbreak · body parasites · sentient parasite · medical experiment · humanity at risk · identity conflict · species conflict · compromise between sides · survival struggle · found family

Themes labels: identity · personhood · humanity · medical ethics · bodily autonomy · survival · family · moral ambiguity · species rights · othering · prejudice · corporate greed · scientific responsibility · power abuse · compromise · acceptance · motherhood · coming of age · apocalypse ethics · nature vs nurture

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Calico Descending

Keri Lake · 2019 · Juniper Unraveling

Captured by a brutal facility, a young woman is trained for a weaponized Alpha and survival turns into dangerous intimacy.

Why this is here

Premise labels: survival under captivity · forced pairing · human experimentation · controlled breeding · weaponized alpha · cure search · prison facility · oppressed heroine · mutated threat

Themes labels: survival · hope · humanity versus inhumanity · compassion · control · freedom · defiance · resilience · loss · sacrifice · corruption · depravity · science versus conscience · morality · trauma · endurance · power and abuse

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