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Mina Carter, Susan Hayes

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Var.

Plot structure labels used: bargain setup, fast-paced, short-form, light worldbuilding, series setup, open-ended ending, relationship-driven, partial resolution, withheld backstory, foreshadowing

Focused on “fast-paced” where exact label matches exist.

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their plot structure embeddings are close.

Cover of Uncaged by John Sandford

Uncaged

John Sandford, Michele Cook · 2014 · The Singular Menace

A runaway foster teen hunts her missing hacker brother while a ruthless corporation tries to bury a deadly secret.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1527

Cover of Monsters We Make Vol. 1 by CoryxKenshin

Monsters We Make Vol. 1

CoryxKenshin · 2024 · Monsters We Make

A gifted teen enters an elite academy and is pulled into a secret war against monsters and the corruption behind it.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1572

Cover of The Monster In The Mist by Andrew Mayne

The Monster In The Mist

Andrew Mayne · 2011 · The Chronological Man

In fog-choked 1890s Boston, an amnesiac inventor and his assistant probe vanishings, monsters, and hidden forces.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1592

Cover of Search for Senna by K.A. Applegate

Search for Senna

K.A. Applegate · 1999 · Everworld

A teen and his friends are dragged into Everworld, where mythologies collide and finding Senna may be the only way home.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1594

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Four Minutes

Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson · 2024

A special-ops team uses secret future-jumping tech to stop attacks before they happen, but each mission lasts only four minutes.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1614

Cover of Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick Ness

Piper at the Gates of Dusk

Patrick Ness · 2026 · New World Trilogy

Two brothers on a postwar alien world confront nightmares, blame, and a new threat while their family and community unravel.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1653

Cover of Balanced on the Blade's Edge by Lindsay Buroker

Balanced on the Blade's Edge

Lindsay Buroker · 2014 · Dragon Blood

A rule-breaking pilot and a sorceress in hiding are thrown together in a prison mine where magic is deadly and attraction is immediate.

Why this is here

Plot structure labels: dual POV · two-part structure · time skip · fast-paced · lightly plotted · abrupt ending · small scope · setup for series

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1661

Cover of The Price of Power by Michael Michel

The Price of Power

Michael Michel · 2025 · Dreams of Dust and Steel

A disgraced prince, an orphaned heir, a seer, and a doomed ascendant are pushed toward choices that may save or end their world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1364

Cover of The House of Styx by Derek Künsken

The House of Styx

Derek Künsken · 2020 · Venus Ascendant

A Québécois family survives Venus’s lethal clouds after a discovery upends their fragile colony and their bonds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1403