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Premise labels used: alien invasion, revenge quest, cosmic conflict, resistance movement, protective parenthood, pregnancy

Setting labels used: space, Earth, high-tech future, alien civilization, planetary stronghold, shared universe

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Prador Moon

Neal Asher · 2006 · Polity Universe (chronological)

Humanity’s AI-run interstellar civilization faces a brutal first-contact war with ravenous crab-like aliens.

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Premise labels: first contact · alien invasion · human-AI civilization · war against aliens · revenge quest · survival conflict

Setting labels: distant future · interstellar civilization · space stations · spacefaring society · galactic war · human-controlled worlds · AI-governed society · extraterrestrial setting

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Distance: 0.1340

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Fear the Future

Stephen Moss · 2014 · The Fear Saga

As an alien armada closes in, Earth races to survive a brutal, politically fraught war for humanity’s future.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · human survival · last stand · planetary defense · interstellar war · advanced enemy

Setting labels: Earth · alien world · space · future Earth · global conflict · interstellar setting · dystopian future

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Distance: 0.1360

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The Hot Gate

John Ringo · 2011 · Troy Rising

A battle-hardened pilot is sent to whip a troubled space station crew into shape as alien war and human conflict collide.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · space war · human-alien conflict · defense of Earth · battle station · interstellar conflict · siege defense · rally the defenders

Setting labels: solar system · space stations · battle station · interstellar setting · future Earth · military spacefaring civilization

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Distance: 0.1500

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A Night Without Stars

Peter F. Hamilton · 2016 · Commonwealth: Chronicle of the Fallers

An isolated world fights shapeshifting alien infiltrators while a mysterious child may hold the key to survival.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · planetary crisis · human resistance · infiltration · race against time · technological imbalance · baby with secret knowledge · civil unrest

Setting labels: far future · isolated planet · intergalactic space · post-Void · authoritarian state · low-tech colony · technological regression · spacefaring civilization · alien-infested world

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Distance: 0.1508

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Invincible, Vol. 13: Growing Pains

Robert Kirkman · 2010 · Invincible

Invincible faces escalating alien threats, personal upheaval, and a looming war while wrestling with what kind of hero he should be.

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Premise labels: superhero dilemma · alien invasion · war prep · moral conflict · family crisis · space quest

Setting labels: Earth · space · alien empire · intergalactic

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Distance: 0.1517

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Anvil of Stars

Greg Bear · 1992 · Forge of God

A traumatized crew of young human exiles crosses the stars to judge Earth’s destroyers and decide what justice means.

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Premise labels: revenge mission · alien retaliation · post-destruction survivors · quest for justice · interstellar pursuit · genocide dilemma · child crew

Setting labels: deep space · interstellar travel · far future · space ship society · multiple star systems · post-apocalyptic

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Distance: 0.1519

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Out of the Black

Evan Currie · 2014 · Odyssey One

Earth becomes the front line in a desperate alien invasion, forcing survivors to fight a planetary war for humanity.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · Earth under siege · human-alien war · last stand · planetary survival · war for Earth

Setting labels: Earth · New York City · outer space · solar system · interplanetary · space war · human civilization under invasion · high-tech future

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Distance: 0.1520

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Predator: Incursion

Tim Lebbon · 2015 · The Rage War

Far in the future, humans, Predators, and Xenomorphs collide as a widening war exposes a deadlier hidden enemy.

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Premise labels: alien incursion · species conflict · interstellar war · forced alliance · corporate control · secret threat · far-future humanity · shared-universe crossover · predator hunt

Setting labels: far future · human space · space stations · colonized galaxy · interstellar frontier · corporate future · militarized future · shared universe · 27th century

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Distance: 0.1537

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Some Desperate Glory

Emily Tesh · 2023

A brainwashed teen soldier on a ruined space station escapes into a bigger, stranger war that challenges everything she believes.

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Premise labels: revenge quest · child soldier · cult escape · deradicalization · alien conflict · found family · military rebellion · revenge against invaders · deprogramming · survival struggle

Setting labels: post-Earth · space station · militarized enclave · far future · interstellar war · alternate history · multiverse · reality-warping · alien civilization · dystopian society

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Distance: 0.1537

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Vertigo

G.S. Jennsen · 2014 · Aurora Rhapsody

A sequel-length space opera follows accused fugitives, rival spies, and allies racing to stop an alien armada.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · galactic war · conspiracy · wrongly accused · portal travel · unlikely allies · survival quest · save humanity

Setting labels: future space · interstellar · war-torn future · colonized space · Earth · frontier colonies · dimensional portal · alternate realm · mystical realm · distant future

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Distance: 0.1579

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On Silver Wings

Evan Currie · 2011 · Hayden War Cycle

A lone special-ops survivor must help colonists resist a powerful alien invasion on a remote colony world.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · colonial survival · first contact · special forces · resistance · retake home · unknown enemy · human vs alien conflict

Setting labels: future · semi-far-future · spacefaring civilization · colonized worlds · asteroid belts · distant colony planet · jungle warfare · space battlefields · research colony · planetary invasion

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Distance: 0.1608

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Alien Commander's Mate

Ava Ross · 2021 · Fated Mates of the Xilan Warriors

An Earth woman joins an alien mating program for a baby, but an attack turns a one-week deal into a fight for survival.

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Premise labels: alien mate contract · fertility exchange · fated mates · forced proximity · survival mission

Setting labels: outer space · space station · starship · interstellar war · alien civilization · future Earth · futuristic reality

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Distance: 0.1611

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