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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 “slow burn” 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 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

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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

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Void Rivals, Vol. 1: More than Meets the Eye

Robert Kirkman · 2024 · Void Rivals

Two rival alien pilots crash on a lonely world and must unite to survive, uncovering a deeper war and hidden truth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1574

Cover of The Boy Who Fell from the Stars by Ted Dekker

The Boy Who Fell from the Stars

Ted Dekker, Rachelle Dekker · 2021 · And They Found Dragons

A frail 12-year-old boy joins children sent from a space station to confront dragons and save humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1640

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The Silent Tower

Barbara Hambly · 2011 · Windrose Chronicles

A kidnapped programmer and an eccentric mage must cross worlds to stop a hidden force tearing reality apart.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1663

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Navigating the Stars

Maria V. Snyder · 2018 · Sentinels of the Galaxy

A snarky teen follows her archaeologist parents through time-skewed space to solve a mystery tied to alien terracotta warriors.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1664

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Tempting the Beast

Lora Leigh · 2003 · Breeds

A reporter pursues a hidden genetic hybrid, and their dangerous chemistry ignites a heat neither can ignore.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1509