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Premise labels used: post-apocalypse, survivor community, incest family, repopulation drive, scavenging survival, failed new society, fragile order, outside survivors, broken civilization, environmental catastrophe
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A teenage survivor helps his father build a new community in post-pandemic South Africa as danger grows inside and out.
Why this is here
Premise labels: virus outbreak · societal collapse · post-collapse rebuilding · survivor community · father son survival · coming of age · community founding · resource scarcity · new society
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1123
A safe haven in a zombie apocalypse starts to fail, forcing Cassie and her survivors to face loss, love, and danger.
Why this is here
Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival community · safe zone collapse · found family · love under pressure · post-apocalyptic rebuilding
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1201
The final Commonwealth conflict pushes survivors toward one last reckoning, then jumps ahead to show what remains.
Why this is here
Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival story · civilization rebuild · community conflict · social collapse · post-collapse society
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1207
A lone human survivor wakes aboard an alien ship and must help rebuild Earth under coercive, unsettling conditions.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post apocalypse · alien rescue · forced coexistence · genetic trade · human survival · species hybridization · repopulation · awakening survivors · contact with aliens · second chance
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1208
In near-future London, a mother and son flee as a tech-dependent society suddenly shuts down.
Why this is here
Premise labels: tech collapse · system failure · family survival · mother and child · escape city · apocalypse survival · protect child · societal breakdown · near-future crisis · technology dependence · environmental collapse · survival journey
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1231
Three centuries after society falls, survivors in a ruined dark age battle infection, power, and cruelty to endure.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · civilization collapse · lost technology · infected threat · protective mother · social breakdown · power struggle
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1247
Two survivors trapped in a collapsing New York City fight zombies, scarcity, and growing feelings in a dual-POV apocalypse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · city survival · stranded survivors · finding family · resource scarcity · small group survival · found family
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1252
A weary survivor group reaches a seemingly safe walled community, but normal life may be more dangerous than the dead.
Why this is here
Premise labels: survivors community · safe haven · new settlement · post-collapse survival · hidden threat · civilized enclave · paranoia · normalcy after apocalypse
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1262
After a nuclear blast leaves a few survivors in a castle, they must rebuild society, survive rivals, and redefine power.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · civilization rebuilding · survivor community · resource scarcity · leader selection · social order
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1277
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
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1285
A flu apocalypse splits two survivor groups across America, then reveals a deadly alien agenda beneath the collapse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: viral plague · survival · post-collapse survival · alien invasion · dual survival arcs · cross-country journey · civilization collapse · survivor groups · resistance
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1287
When a nuclear attack triggers U.S. collapse, prepared veterans and families fight to survive the first days of chaos.
Why this is here
Premise labels: societal collapse · economic collapse · nuclear attack · survivalist homestead · family protection · preparedness · post-collapse survival · rule of law breakdown · apocalypse survival
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1301
