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Premise labels used: global conspiracy, city blackout, vanishing city, electrical sabotage, cross-border manhunt, mastermind villain, genius vs genius, manmade disaster, cover-up, world threat

Setting labels used: Manhattan, New York City, Myanmar, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, global, modern day, contemporary, institutional, FBI Academy

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Once Dead

Richard Phillips · 2014 · The Rho Agenda: Inception

A rogue CIA assassin revived by a dark entity must fight his violent impulses while stopping a global attack.

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Premise labels: rogue agent · deathbed bargain · second chance · internal struggle · human host · dark entity · hidden influence · assassination · stop attack · global conspiracy · race against time · bodyguarding nation

Setting labels: Calcutta · Russia · Berlin · Germany · United States · east coast United States · international · globetrotting · contemporary · spy world · intelligence agencies

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Darknet

Matthew Mather · 2015

A stockbroker and a data scientist race to stop an AI-driven corporate conspiracy before it destroys their families and the world economy.

Why this is here

Premise labels: artificial intelligence · autonomous corporation · financial conspiracy · dark web · global menace · hunted protagonists · identity spoofing · assassination market · banking conspiracy · corporate takeover · world economy · family under threat

Setting labels: present-day New York · Hong Kong · London · Canada · China · global setting · international thriller · Mohawk territory · urban financial world · digital underworld

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Distance: 0.2378

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Glow

Ned Beauman · 2014

An insomniac South London slacker is pulled into a globe-spanning conspiracy around a mysterious new drug.

Why this is here

Premise labels: conspiracy · missing person · drug trade · corporate wrongdoing · international fallout · insomniac protagonist · rave scene · pirate radio · urban underworld · mysterious drug · corporate espionage · double crosses · kidnapping · modern colonialism · search for origins

Setting labels: South London · London · Pakistan · New Jersey · Burmese jungle · modern day · contemporary · globalized city · rave culture · urban underworld · fictionalized reality · international setting

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The Brink

James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth · 2019 · Awakened

A former NYC mayor and allies race to stop a secretive mastermind using underground monsters to blackmail the world.

Why this is here

Premise labels: subterranean creatures · global extinction threat · secret organization · blackmail · human-vs-monster conflict · madman antagonist · cover-up · apocalyptic disaster

Setting labels: New York City · subway tunnels · under the Hudson River · London · Paris · switzerland · worldwide · underground · post-WWII backstory · modern day · international locations

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Distance: 0.2422

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Pandemic

A.G. Riddle · 2017 · The Extinction Files

A CDC epidemiologist and an amnesiac man race to stop a fast-moving outbreak tied to a hidden global conspiracy.

Why this is here

Premise labels: global outbreak · viral apocalypse · medical crisis · pandemic investigation · conspiracy mystery · amnesia mystery · scientific experiment · humanity at risk · race for cure · world control

Setting labels: contemporary · global · Kenya · Berlin · Atlanta · Arctic Ocean · medical field · CDC · WHO · international · apocalypse present-day · Africa · Europe

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The Doomsday Key

James Rollins · 2009 · Sigma Force

Sigma Force races across continents to stop a hidden biotechnological conspiracy tied to an ancient prophecy and artifact.

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Premise labels: global conspiracy · race against time · ancient artifact · code and cipher · secret society · biotech threat · population control · world-ending threat · parallel investigations

Setting labels: global · Europe · Africa · Rome · Vatican · England · Norway · Princeton University · historical mystery · contemporary

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Distance: 0.2439

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The World We Make

N.K. Jemisin · 2022 · Great Cities

New York’s living avatars must unite other cities to stop a multiversal threat and a very human political takeover.

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Premise labels: living city · city avatars · cosmic threat · political resistance · multiverse conflict · anti-bigotry · urban struggle

Setting labels: New York City · modern day · contemporary urban setting · global cities · multiverse · alternate reality

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Distance: 0.2455

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The King of Plagues

Jonathan Maberry · 2011 · Joe Ledger

A wounded black-ops operative returns to stop a secret cabal weaponizing plague, terror, and chaos worldwide.

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Premise labels: secret society · bioterrorism · plague outbreak · terrorist conspiracy · weaponized disease · global destabilization · counter-terrorism · world-threatening plot · black-ops mission

Setting labels: London · England · Scotland · Canada · South America · Nevada · Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Washington · real world · contemporary · post-9/11

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Distance: 0.2466

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The Traveler

John Twelve Hawks · 2006 · Fourth Realm

A young Harlequin must protect gifted fugitives while a shadow network uses surveillance to hunt anyone who threatens control.

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Premise labels: parallel worlds · surveillance state · secret society · off the grid · special powers · protective order · hidden war · freedom vs control · chosen protectors · hunted gifted people

Setting labels: near future · modern day · parallel reality · global · London · Los Angeles · Prague · Arizona · New York · urban surveillance

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My Volcano

John Elizabeth Stintzi · 2022

A suddenly growing Central Park volcano links a global cast through disaster, transformation, and shifting realities.

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Premise labels: volcano emergence · urban disaster · global interconnectedness · identity crisis · environmental collapse · time disruption · multiple realities · transformation · world-spanning narratives · queer existence

Setting labels: New York City · Central Park · Manhattan · Jersey City · Mexico City · Tokyo · Greece · Kunduz · Afghanistan · Mongolia · Hawai'i · Alaska · alternate reality · contemporary world · global setting · 2016

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Distance: 0.2486

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The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Island

Dan Slott, Fred Van Lente, Christos Gage, Rick Remender · 2012 · The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) (Collected Editions)

A spider-power outbreak turns Manhattan into chaos, forcing Spider-Man and allies to stop the infection and save the city.

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Premise labels: spider powers outbreak · citywide infection · superhero crisis · power without responsibility · clone villain

Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · contemporary urban setting · superhero world

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Distance: 0.2487

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The Master

Claire North · 2015 · The Gameshouse

In a secret gameshouse, a veteran player challenges the master in a world-spanning chess contest with everything at stake.

Why this is here

Premise labels: secret gamehouse · high-stakes game · world-spanning contest · power struggle · chess contest · control of the gamehouse · political manipulation · economic leverage · the ultimate game · games as governance

Setting labels: modern day · global setting · worldwide · New York City · Venice · Bangkok · travel across continents · international · contemporary world · alternate hidden society · offstage geopolitics

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Distance: 0.2539

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