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Premise labels used: power grid collapse, societal collapse, family survival, homecoming, kidnapped survivor, post-collapse town conflict, militia takeover, resource scarcity, winter survival, protect loved ones

Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic, EMP aftermath, winter setting, snowstorm, rural Michigan, small-town, homefront, collapsed society, isolated community

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Edge of Darkness

Kyla Stone · 2020 · Edge of Collapse

After an EMP collapse, separated survivors race home and fight sabotage, militia power grabs, and a relentless pursuer.

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Premise labels: EMP fallout · power outage · journey home · survival under collapse · small-town breakdown · hunted protagonist · town under sabotage · resource scarcity

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · rural Michigan · small town · winter setting · winter survival · collapsed society · EMP aftermath · road journey

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Distance: 0.1191

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Edge of Valor

Kyla Stone · 2021 · Edge of Collapse

As enemy forces close in, a small Michigan town must choose flight or a desperate final stand to survive.

Why this is here

Premise labels: last stand · town defense · community survival · EMP aftermath · end times · impossible odds · fight for home · protect the town · survival against attack · collapse aftermath

Setting labels: small town · rural town · Michigan · upper Michigan · winter · post-apocalyptic world · EMP aftermath · collapsed society · United States

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Distance: 0.1207

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Sunrise

Mike Mullin · 2014 · Ashfall

After a supervolcano, Alex and Darla race to build a defendable community before winter, war, and human cruelty finish them off.

Why this is here

Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · community rebuilding · resource scarcity · civilization collapse · local power struggle · leadership under pressure · homestead building · defensible settlement · survival against humans · survival against environment · hope after disaster

Setting labels: post-Yellowstone eruption · ash winter · Midwest · Illinois · rural farm · small town · collapsed society · post-apocalyptic America · winter survival · war zone

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Distance: 0.1488

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The Lightest Object in the Universe

Kimi Eisele · 2019

After a grid failure and flu collapse society, two lovers on opposite coasts struggle toward reunion and renewal.

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Premise labels: grid failure · societal collapse · cross-country search · lost lovers · rebuilding community · survival · hope after collapse · post-collapse adaptation · finding home · communication breakdown

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · near future · United States · East Coast · West Coast · California · New York · San Francisco · cross-country · railroad line · off-grid · pandemic aftermath · collapsed infrastructure · radio age

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Distance: 0.1518

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Will to Survive

Eric Walters · 2016 · The Rule of Three

After a global blackout, a teen and his fortified neighborhood face a deadly enemy while trying to survive and rebuild.

Why this is here

Premise labels: blackout survival · community defense · siege · resource scarcity · alliance building · family protection · revenge threat · kill or be killed

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · global blackout · power outage · fortified neighborhood · suburban community · makeshift farms · winter survival · Canada · southern Ontario · Mississauga · alternate realism

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Distance: 0.1521

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Fight for Power

Eric Walters · 2015 · The Rule of Three

After a global blackout, Adam’s fortified neighborhood faces new threats from outside and inside the walls.

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Premise labels: global blackout · power outage · survival community · fortified neighborhood · siege threat · internal betrayal · resource scarcity · post-disaster society

Setting labels: suburban neighborhood · fortified enclave · post-apocalyptic world · blackout aftermath · small community · outside the walls · tent town · wasteland

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Distance: 0.1527

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Shadows

Ilsa J. Bick · 2012 · Ashes Trilogy

In a ruined post-EMP world, Alex and other survivors navigate shifting loyalties, evolving monsters, and relentless danger.

Why this is here

Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · zombie survival · fleeing danger · search for allies · betrayal and mistrust · survival against humans · fighting for life · missing person search · sanctuary turns unsafe · humanity as threat

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · EMP aftermath · ruined world · winter wilderness · snowy landscape · Wisconsin · Upper Peninsula of Michigan · small-town enclave · isolated compound · underground mine · ravaged landscape · survivalist enclave

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Distance: 0.1535

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A History of the Future

James Howard Kunstler · 2014 · World Made by Hand

In a collapsed near-future America, a small New York town faces murder, faith, and a fractured nation beyond its borders.

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Premise labels: civilizational collapse · post-collapse survival · small-town survival · community justice · fractured nation · social order · returning traveler · lawless future

Setting labels: upstate New York · small town · post-collapse America · holiday season · winter setting · near future · rural setting · fragmented nation · post-oil world · post-electric world

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Distance: 0.1586

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And After

Sarah Lyons Fleming · 2014 · Until the End of the World

A safe haven in a zombie apocalypse starts to fail, forcing Cassie and her survivors to face loss, love, and danger.

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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival community · safe zone collapse · found family · love under pressure · post-apocalyptic rebuilding

Setting labels: zombie apocalypse · post-apocalyptic America · farm community · safe zone · winter-to-spring transition · rural refuge · new world

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Distance: 0.1591

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Ashes

Ilsa J. Bick · 2011 · Ashes Trilogy

After an EMP ends civilization, a terminally ill teen must survive the wilderness, the Changed, and unstable human survivors.

Why this is here

Premise labels: EMP disaster · post-apocalypse survival · found family · terminal illness · changed humans · wilderness trek · search for safety · trust under collapse · survival against humans

Setting labels: Michigan wilderness · post-apocalyptic landscape · remote woods · ranger station · survivalist enclave · fortified town · school-year present day · near-future collapse · apocalyptic Earth · rural isolation

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Distance: 0.1631

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Fever

Deon Meyer · 2017

A teenage survivor helps his father build a new community in post-pandemic South Africa as danger grows inside and out.

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Premise labels: virus outbreak · societal collapse · post-collapse rebuilding · survivor community · father son survival · coming of age · community founding · resource scarcity · new society

Setting labels: South Africa · post apocalyptic · dystopian world · global pandemic aftermath · rural settlement · survival landscape · resource-scarce world · small-town rebuilding

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Distance: 0.1648

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Surviving Home

A. American · 2013 · The Survivalist

After a grid collapse, Morgan and his family must defend their home as neighbors, violence, and a shadowy government close in.

Why this is here

Premise labels: grid collapse · preparedness · home defense · siege survival · community collapse · government conspiracy · shtf

Setting labels: Florida · small community · near-future collapse · American collapse · rural setting · homefront

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Distance: 0.1666

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