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Setting labels used: alternate twentieth century, alternate history, post-apocalyptic, post-war society, global war aftermath, dystopian state, fictionalized historical past, institutional setting
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Secrets, alliances, and betrayals tighten the noose as the nations of an apocalyptic America move toward Armageddon.
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Setting labels: alternate history · post-Civil War America · apocalyptic world · dystopian future · multiple nations · machine city · western landscape · mythic reality
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Distance: 0.1009
In a peace-obsessed dystopia, a gifted pilot uncovers a corrupt system of fate, control, and betrayal.
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Setting labels: alternate history · future dystopia · post-apocalyptic · 1940s America · 1940s-inspired · war aftermath · air combat world · totalitarian state
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Distance: 0.1047
In a collapsing alternate America, rival powers converge as Death closes in on his son and the apocalypse escalates.
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Setting labels: alternate history · post-Civil War America · apocalyptic future · dystopian world · mythic reality · western setting
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Distance: 0.1115
A young, one-armed outcast infiltrates enemy ranks while bound to a terrifying power that could change everything.
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Setting labels: alternate Asia · alternate 1900s Asia · post-war world · war-torn world · dystopian world · matriarchal society · fantasy world · steampunk world · mature fantasy setting · alternate history feel
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Distance: 0.1124
In an alternate America where the Confederacy won, a bookish young historian is drawn toward a revelation that may reshape history.
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Setting labels: alternate America · post-Civil War world · 20th century New York · impoverished North · Confederate empire · dystopian future · gaslight era · steampunkish world · alternate timeline · world of empires
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Distance: 0.1277
A short prequel reveals the strange, secret history behind the zombie virus and the family ties behind it.
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Setting labels: early 1900s · turn of the 20th century · pre-apocalypse · post-World War I era · between world wars · scientific laboratory · university setting · military setting · historical fantasy reality
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Distance: 0.1291
In a fractured future of microstates and holy war, a rare metal-drug binds 50 wildly different visions of one broken world.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · post-war Eurasia · neo-medieval world · post-collapse Europe · post-collapse Russia · fractured China · city-states · microstates · alternate future · retro-futurism · holy war aftermath · speculative future · medievalized future
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Distance: 0.1301
An awakened queen and her undying king face revenge, war, and a dangerous love in a war-torn future.
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Setting labels: dystopian world · post-apocalyptic world · war-torn world · future setting · time jump · global setting · political factions
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Distance: 0.1302
A dark anthology returns to a dystopian world, revisiting old wounds, new angles, and possible futures.
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Setting labels: dystopian future · alternate world · world after war · post-war society · Heartland War era · Thailand · Hawaii · boarding school · orphanage · state home · reservation · black market · medicalized society
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Distance: 0.1323
In a fractured post-apocalyptic world, hunted youths, rival powers, and a new outsider POV push fragile peace toward collapse.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian society · war-torn world · multiple factions · capital city · airship · aboard ship · alternate society
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Distance: 0.1329
An unnamed man’s firefighting mission in a shattered post-apocalyptic world opens into a strange, funny, twist-heavy life story.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · alternate reality · near-future · war-torn world · corporate dystopia · survival corridor · military setting · small-town origins
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Distance: 0.1336
A post-apocalyptic quest brings Rudi Mackenzie to Nantucket, where a waiting sword and new powers reshape his world.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · post-Change world · Nantucket · Midwest · New England · alternate history · dystopian future · feudal societies · tribal societies · medievalized future · catastrophic reality · collapsed technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1342
