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Characterization labels used: scientist, president, government officials, bureaucrats, military figures, prepper, married couple, protective parent, moral exemplar, self-sacrificing

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Cover of The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi

The Night Parade

Ronald Malfi · 2016

A father and his special daughter flee a plague-ravaged America while authorities hunt her as the possible cure.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1909

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The Hatching

Ezekiel Boone · 2016 · The Hatching

Ancient carnivorous spiders awaken worldwide, forcing scientists, officials, and survivors into a fast-moving apocalypse.

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Distance: 0.2190

Cover of The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham

The Kraken Wakes

John Wyndham · 1953

A married journalist team tracks a mysterious ocean-born invasion that sinks ships and pushes humanity toward flood and collapse.

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Distance: 0.2273

Cover of Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson

Forty Signs of Rain

Kim Stanley Robinson · 2005 · Science in the Capital

Near-future Washington, D.C. faces climate disruption as scientists, staffers, and refugees try to act before disaster escalates.

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Distance: 0.2287

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Thunder of Heaven

Tim LaHaye, Craig Parshall · 2011 · The End

In a near-future world of prophecy and political collapse, a Christian resistance fights to stop terror and control.

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Distance: 0.2323

Cover of Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology by Jonathan Maberry

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology

Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero · 2017

An anthology of zombie stories set in Romero’s Night of the Living Dead world, revisiting the outbreak from many angles.

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Characterization labels: survivors · scientist · medical examiner · sheriff · veteran · zookeeper · reporter · astronauts · psychic · white supremacist

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2345

Cover of The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack

The Last Best Hope

Una McCormack · 2020 · Star Trek: Picard

A Star Trek prequel follows Picard's desperate Romulan evacuation mission as politics, logistics, and catastrophe collide.

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Characterization labels: admiral · captain · first officer · politician · scientist · engineer · refugee · secret police · idealist · pragmatic · moral center · disillusioned · charismatic

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2347

Cover of The End Has Come by John Joseph Adams

The End Has Come

John Joseph Adams, Charlie Jane Anders, Megan Arkenberg, Chris Avellone, Elizabeth Bear, Annie Bellet, Tananarive Due, Jamie Ford, Mira Grant, Hugh Howey, Jake Kerr, Nancy Kress, Sarah Langan, Ken Liu, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Will McIntosh, Leife Shallcross, Scott Sigler, Carrie Vaughn, Robin Wasserman, David Wellington, Ben H. Winters · 2015 · The Apocalypse Triptych

A linked anthology of post-apocalyptic short stories about survivors, rebuilders, and unfinished arcs after the end.

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Characterization labels: survivors · investigators · scientists · families · children · outcasts · soldiers · judges · civil servants · creators · parents · caretakers · isolated protagonists

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2357