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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Engaging the Enemy. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: revenge quest, family empire, pirate war, privateer response, shipping business, fleet building, identity challenge, interstellar trade
Setting labels used: spacefaring future, interstellar travel, space stations, planetary systems, merchant empire, militarized space, galactic trade, offworld cultures, communications blackout, legalistic worldbuilding
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A young merchant-captain must survive a devastating attack on her family and uncover the enemy behind it.
Why this is here
Premise labels: family under attack · interstellar conspiracy · revenge quest · survival · trade empire · privateer · mercenary allies
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar shipping · merchant vessels · space stations · corporate empire · communications monopoly · war-torn setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.0911
A young admiral unites fleets and allies to stop a pirate war that could shatter interstellar trade.
Why this is here
Premise labels: pirate war · interstellar conflict · revenge quest · trade network defense · fleet buildup · outnumbered defenders · communications advantage
Setting labels: spacefaring civilization · interplanetary trade · human-occupied space · multiple star systems · space stations · corporate space society · planetary governments
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1184
A grief-stricken noble becomes a space raider, then tries to turn a ruined frontier world into a new civilization.
Why this is here
Premise labels: revenge quest · space piracy · civilization building · galactic collapse · trade and raiding · fallen empire · interstellar pursuit · political conflict
Setting labels: far future · interstellar · multiple planets · post-collapse · space colonies · feudal space · barbaric frontier · civilized worlds · dark ages · galactic empire
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1320
A ship AI reduced to one body pursues vengeance across a vast empire shaped by conquest, language, and identity.
Why this is here
Premise labels: revenge quest · sentient ship · distributed consciousness · military empire · identity crisis · colonial empire
Setting labels: far future · space empire · icy planet · galactic empire · interstellar civilization · colonized worlds · space stations
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1387
A foul-mouthed cargo captain takes on dangerous space jobs to save her kidnapped sister and keep her crew alive.
Why this is here
Premise labels: cargo ship · rescue mission · ransom quest · crime syndicate · found family · rogue captain · spacefaring adventure
Setting labels: spacefaring · galactic · far future · multiple planets · space stations · waystations · cargo ship · interstellar travel · alien civilizations
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1500
A slave girl survives pirate raiders, joins Fleet, and rises to command while hunting the pirates who destroyed her life.
Why this is here
Premise labels: slavery escape · pirate hunter · fleet career · young heroine · revenge quest · space pirates · captivity to command · coming-of-age · military rise
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar society · colonized planets · fleet academy · military space setting · pirate-infested space · off-world colonies · alien races · spacecraft interiors
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1512
A teenage slave escapes on a sentient starship and races through a brutal galaxy to survive, rebel, and free others.
Why this is here
Premise labels: escaped slave · sentient ship · stolen starship · fugitive crew · anti-slavery quest · coming of age · spacefaring survival · underdog escape
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar empire · space stations · planets · ships · pirate space · slave economy · brutal universe · alien ship · futuristic society · interstellar travel
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1558
Humanity’s AI-run interstellar civilization faces a brutal first-contact war with ravenous crab-like aliens.
Why this is here
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
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1636
A stranded fleet commander faces hostile new aliens, internal politics, and a dangerous return through unknown space.
Why this is here
Premise labels: interstellar war · fleet mission · first contact · alien encounter · frontier exploration · return journey · hostile territory · political intrigue
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar frontier · human-controlled space · alien territory · post-war aftermath · star systems · shipboard setting · military space setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1638
Bethany Anne returns to smash an alien power, free the oppressed, and settle scores in a galaxy-spanning war.
Why this is here
Premise labels: interstellar war · revenge mission · alien occupation · planetary liberation · covert resistance · empire conflict · assassination campaign · vengeful heroine · search and destroy
Setting labels: spacefaring · another galaxy · interstellar empire · occupied planet · Earth · galactic war · fictional universe · multiverse
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1649
A grieving boy stows away with space pirates and races across a war-torn galaxy to find his kidnapped father.
Why this is here
Premise labels: stowaway · space pirates · lost family · kid in space · alien war · search and rescue · found family · trust and betrayal · intergalactic conflict · resource conflict · galactic quest
Setting labels: near future · future Earth · space station · spaceship · intergalactic · galaxy · alien civilizations · spacefaring society · dystopian future · war-torn future
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1690
A roboticist on a royal fleet mission must recover a lost artifact while navigating rival factions, robots, and shifting loyalties.
Why this is here
Premise labels: roboticist protagonist · ancient artifact hunt · fleet mission · cross-faction conflict · moral dilemma · royal service · warring factions
Setting labels: spacefaring future · interstellar travel · star systems · space fleet · space stations · political space society · other planets · pirates · monarchy · civil war
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1701
