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Premise labels used: amnesia, identity crisis, memory loss, consciousness, caregiver mystery, white room mystery, clone identity, replica dilemma, post-apocalyptic recovery, lab recovery

Setting labels used: near future, post-apocalyptic world, dystopian setting, laboratory-like room, infirmary setting, dark room, isolated room, pandemic setting

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Shay Savage · 2016

A memory-wiped super soldier wakes in a lab and must decide whether his doctor is his guide, lover, or jailer.

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Premise labels: memory loss · laboratory experiment · super soldier · corporate war · doctor-patient bond · engineered attraction · identity mystery · trust issues · altered human

Setting labels: laboratory · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · corporate-controlled world · war-torn future · science experiment setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1433

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Escape to Eden

Rachel McClellan · 2016 · The Original

An amnesiac teen with a clue written on her hand must flee a controlled future and uncover who she is.

Why this is here

Premise labels: amnesia · escape · secret identity · altered humans · genetic manipulation · original humans · pursuit · safe haven · survival · resistance

Setting labels: dystopian future · lab · hospital · secret colony · hidden refuge · controlled society · scientific future · post-human world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1561

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The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Mary E. Pearson · 2008 · Jenna Fox Chronicles

A teen wakes from a coma with missing memories and uncovers a shocking secret about her body, family, and humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: amnesia · coma recovery · identity mystery · hidden secret · bioethics dilemma · medical intervention · near-future crisis · humanity question

Setting labels: near future · near-future America · remote house · school setting · charter school · post-crisis society · medical-regulation society

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1613

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Deep Freeze

Michael C. Grumley · 2024 · Revival

An army veteran survives a deadly bus crash, then wakes in a secret lab where cryonics, lies, and danger unfold.

Why this is here

Premise labels: immortality · cryonics · resurrection · medical conspiracy · secret experiment · survival mystery · truth-seeking

Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian future · secret lab · medical facility · icy river · winter storm · collapsed society

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1693

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This Vicious Cure

Emily Suvada · 2020 · This Mortal Coil

A hacked-and-haunted hero races through a virus-ravaged future to stop a new power struggle over life, death, and control.

Why this is here

Premise labels: gene hacking · virus outbreak · cure race · prevent death · global stakes · corporate control · humanity at risk · identity loss · memory loss

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · surface world · bunkers · virtual reality · simulation · lab setting · world ravaged by virus · dystopian future

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1713

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The Death Cure

James Dashner · 2011 · The Maze Runner

A memory-stripped teen races to survive a virus-ravaged world while WICKED hunts him and the truth behind the trials.

Why this is here

Premise labels: memory loss · virus outbreak · cure quest · survival trial · government experiment · safe haven · truth-seeking · fugitive chase

Setting labels: dystopian world · post-apocalyptic world · virus-ravaged world · ruined cities · wasteland · experimental facility · maze setting · safe haven · futuristic science fiction

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1725

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Defy Me

Tahereh Mafi · 2019 · Shatter Me

After devastating secrets and memory gaps, Juliette, Warner, and Kenji confront hidden pasts, shifting loyalties, and a dangerous rescue.

Why this is here

Premise labels: identity secrets · buried past · memory loss · found family · rescue mission · romantic reunion · power struggle · political crisis · hostile takeover

Setting labels: dystopian world · post-apocalyptic · North America · contested territory · militarized society · fictional future · torture captivity · resistance setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1748

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Sister, Maiden, Monster

Lucy A. Snyder · 2023

Three women are remade by a strange virus as a collapsing world veers into body horror, desire, and cosmic dread.

Why this is here

Premise labels: viral outbreak · pandemic aftermath · body mutation · apocalypse · survival · queer awakening · brain hunger · murder compulsion · chronic illness · eldritch influence · world collapse

Setting labels: near future · post-COVID · pandemic world · dystopian world · global collapse · medical institutions · psychiatric ward · workplace setting · brothel setting · apocalyptic reality

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1749

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Mixed Up

Gordon Korman · 2023

Two middle-school boys start losing their memories to each other and must uncover the strange link before they lose themselves.

Why this is here

Premise labels: memory swapping · memory loss · identity exchange · grief recovery · found friendship · mystery solving · body-switching trope

Setting labels: same town · different sides of town · different schools · middle school · post-pandemic · contemporary · real-world setting · light fantasy · science fiction element

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1762

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Ruby City

Astrid Cole · 2024 · Diamond City

An amnesiac college student in a palace discovers she may be a legendary leader’s lost self as war closes in.

Why this is here

Premise labels: amnesia · hidden identity · identity recovery · royal custody · family reunion · lost memory · chosen hero · city under attack

Setting labels: Diamond City · palace setting · college setting · dystopian city · post-apocalyptic world · future setting · urban fantasy world · abandoned town · Outskirts · multiple cities

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1785

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Elites of Eden

Joey Graceffa · 2017 · Children of Eden

A brainwashed elite girl begins to uncover her real identity in a controlled future society built on lies.

Why this is here

Premise labels: hidden identity · memory loss · brainwashing · false reality · artificial world · second child · elite school · underground resistance · restricted society · identity crisis · love triangle · state control

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · artificial society · underground refuge · elite boarding school · cave system · city under surveillance · controlled environment · closed society · futuristic world · dystopian future

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1793

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The Warren

Brian Evenson · 2016

An amnesiac, many-minded survivor in a sealed refuge questions his humanity after finding another person outside.

Why this is here

Premise labels: identity crisis · multiple selves · memory loss · humanity question · last survivor · underground refuge · hostile surface · post-human survival · personhood test · alienation

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · unnamed planet · underground shelter · hostile wasteland · toxic surface · remote outpost · isolated habitat

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1794

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