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James Swallow

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Flight of the Eisenstein.

Plot structure labels used: parallel retelling, alternate perspective, revisiting events, slow start, action-driven second half, race to Terra, episodic battles, bookended by setup and escape

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their plot structure embeddings are close.

Cover of Echoes of Honor by David  Weber

Echoes of Honor

David Weber · 1999 · Honor Harrington

A supposedly dead space commander must break out of a prison world while war, propaganda, and revenge escalate across the galaxy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1414

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Red Prophet

Orson Scott Card · 1992 · Tales of Alvin Maker

An alternate-history frontier tale where a gifted boy enters Native-led संघर्ष to stop war, empire, and land destruction.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1425

Cover of The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard by Kiera Cass

The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard

Kiera Cass · 2014 · The Selection

Two companion novellas retell key Selection moments through Maxon and Aspen’s eyes, with bonus series extras.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1482

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Ender's Shadow

Orson Scott Card · 2002 · The Shadow

A genius street child is recruited into Battle School, where his hidden role reshapes a familiar war story.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1510

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Good Omens

Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman · 2014

A full-cast BBC radio adaptation of a comic apocalypse tale where an angel and demon try to stop Armageddon.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1513

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Halo: The Cole Protocol

Tobias S. Buckell · 2008 · Halo

A secret mission to protect Earth’s location collides with insurgents, Spartans, and Covenant forces in deep space.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1514

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Rising Tides

Taylor Anderson · 2011 · Destroyermen

A WWII destroyer crew in a parallel world faces a widening war, dangerous politics, and rescues across a hostile Pacific.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1536

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Captives

Nicholas Sansbury Smith · 2019 · Hell Divers

Captured on a deadly island refuge, the Hell Divers must fight for freedom, home, and humanity’s future.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1538

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My Imaginary Mary

Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows · 2022 · Mary

In a magical reimagining of early 1800s London, Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace create a living boy and chase adventure.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1547

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If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe

Jason Pargin · 2022 · John Dies at the End

A cursed smart-toy and collapsing timelines drag a monster-hunting trio toward an apocalypse in a weird, funny nightmare.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1548

Cover of Star Wars: Darth Maul - Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves

Star Wars: Darth Maul - Shadow Hunter

Michael Reaves · 2001 · Star Wars Legends: Novels

A Sith assassin hunts a leak through Coruscant’s underworld as a Jedi Padawan and an information broker get caught in the trap.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1549

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Bumped

Megan McCafferty · 2011 · Bumped

Two separated twins collide in a future where infertile adults pay teens to have babies—and belief systems clash.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1552

Cover of Fate of the Jedi: Backlash by Aaron Allston

Fate of the Jedi: Backlash

Aaron Allston · 2010 · Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi

Luke and Ben pursue a Sith fugitive to Dathomir while the Jedi face political pressure, unrest, and a darker threat.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1560