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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 4: The Catastrophe Con

Simon Spurrier

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Premise labels used: prison break, antihero escape, blackmail, double-crosses, artifact hunt, love triangle, captivity, wartime mission

Setting labels used: imperial prison, space prison, prison ship, mobile prison, war zone, Star Wars universe, junkyard spaceship setting, outer space

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Valor's Trial

Tanya Huff · 2008 · Confederation of Valor

A battle-hardened marine wakes in an alien POW camp and must rally broken prisoners to escape and survive.

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Premise labels: prison break · POW camp · escape story · behind enemy lines · war manipulation · survival under confinement · enemy alliance · identity under pressure

Setting labels: underground prison · POW camp · space war · military sci-fi universe · alien cultures · tunnels · battlefield · remote planet

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Distance: 0.1669

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Prison Planet Barbarian

Ruby Dixon · 2017 · Risdaverse

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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Premise labels: alien kidnapping · prison planet · forced proximity · survival romance · protective alien · claimed mate · escape plan · human in alien prison

Setting labels: alien prison · prison planet · intergalactic setting · space setting · dystopian prison system · maximum security · harsh environment · work camp

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The Borders of Infinity

Lois McMaster Bujold · 2002 · Vorkosigan Saga (Chronological)

Miles infiltrates a high-tech POW camp and must turn a broken prison population into a force for survival.

Why this is here

Premise labels: undercover mission · prison camp infiltration · POW rescue · prison break · behind enemy lines · rescue mission · social engineering · rallying prisoners · improvised leadership · mission from within · secret assignment

Setting labels: prison camp · POW camp · domed enclosure · high-tech prison · isolated camp · futuristic war zone · space opera setting · remote planet · interstellar war · confinement setting · post-capture setting · bleak environment

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Distance: 0.1732

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Maul: Lockdown

Joe Schreiber · 2014 · Star Wars Legends: Novels

Darth Maul infiltrates a deadly prison arena to find an elusive arms dealer, while brutal fights and Sith intrigue close in.

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Premise labels: prison infiltration · gladiatorial combat · undercover mission · arms dealer hunt · forbidden powers · anti-hero mission · survival ordeal

Setting labels: space prison · maximum-security prison · gladiator arena · prequel-era · galaxy-wide criminal underworld · single-location story · space station · claustrophobic setting · criminal confinement

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Distance: 0.1758

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Hell's Rejects

M.R. Forbes · 2017 · Chaos of the Covenant

A disgraced soldier is recruited with a crew of criminals for a desperate mission to recover stolen starships.

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Premise labels: ragtag crew · suicide mission · prison break · stolen starships · forged team · last chance mission · traitor hunt · galactic conflict · dangerous recruit

Setting labels: spacefaring galaxy · prison planet · maximum-security prison · military future · interstellar war · alien world · galactic republic

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Distance: 0.1759

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Black Bolt, Vol. 1: Hard Time

Saladin Ahmed · 2017 · Black Bolt

A silent king wakes powerless in a brutal space prison and must escape with unlikely allies, including a former enemy.

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Premise labels: imprisoned hero · powerless protagonist · prison break · alien prison · team-up with criminals · forced alliance · wrongfully imprisoned · mystery captivity · redemption through captivity · silent protagonist

Setting labels: outer space · deep space · intergalactic prison · secret prison · galactic prison · futuristic setting · alien setting · cosmic setting · contained setting · claustrophobic setting

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Doctor Who: The Blood Cell

James Goss · 2014 · Doctor Who: New Series Adventures

A Doctor Who prison story told by the governor, as a mysterious inmate keeps escaping and a deadly threat escalates.

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Premise labels: prison break · space prison · imprisoned protagonist · mystery threat · outsider viewpoint · doctor as prisoner · containment breach

Setting labels: space prison · asteroid base · isolated location · far future · outer space · confined setting · science fiction prison

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Distance: 0.1769

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Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside

Stephen Cole · 2005 · Doctor Who: New Series Adventures

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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Premise labels: prison break · alien prison · separated companions · escape mission · infiltrator mystery · corrupt system · rescue quest

Setting labels: deep space · alien planet · prison colony · multi-planet system · dystopian future · labor camp · teenage borstal · scientific prison

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Distance: 0.1773

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Beast in the Cage

Tammy Walsh · 2021 · Fated Mates of Breeder Prison

A human abducted into an alien prison is chosen by the undefeated champion—and a secret bargain could cost them everything.

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Premise labels: alien prison · prize pool · fated mates · abduction · forced captivity · breeder trope · gladiator fighters · last of species · survival romance

Setting labels: prison planet · outer space prison · intergalactic prison · futuristic setting · gladiator arena · moon setting · alien society · dystopian setting

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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 3: Remastered

Kieron Gillen, Simon Spurrier · 2018 · Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2016)

A rogue archaeologist is blackmailed into a high-stakes heist, colliding with murder droids, Imperials, Rebels, and romance.

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Premise labels: rogue archaeologist · heist caper · mission under coercion · blackmail · memory recovery · double-crosses · cat and mouse · criminal underworld

Setting labels: Star Wars universe · galactic Empire · Rebel Alliance · space opera setting · criminal underworld · Imperial facility · research facility · data center · archival location

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Distance: 0.1844

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Mikko

Ella Maven · 2021 · Stolen Warriors

A fierce human and a scarred alien warrior fight to survive an alien prison while his revenge plan derails into romance.

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Premise labels: alien prison · rescued heroine · revenge mission · fated mates · forced proximity · captor escape · survival romance · outcasts

Setting labels: alien prison · prison planet · hostile planet · another galaxy · space travel · desert planet · science fiction world

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Distance: 0.1850

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Last Human

Doug Naylor · 1995 · Red Dwarf

A Red Dwarf crew adventure veers into an alternate-universe rescue mission, doppelgangers, and the fate of humanity.

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Premise labels: alternate universe · prison ship · penal colony · doppelganger search · last human · human survival · rescue mission · crew reunion · identity confusion

Setting labels: space · outer cosmos · penal colony · prison planet · alternate universe · deep space · asteroid prison · virtual reality prison · omniverse · dystopian sci-fi

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Distance: 0.1880

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