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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Xenocide.
Setting labels used: distant future, spacefaring civilization, planetary colony, off-world colony, alien ecosystem, Catholic colony, Chinese-influenced colony, sentient world, interstellar setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A retired soldier turned colonial ombudsman is pulled into leading a new settlement whose hidden purpose sparks galactic intrigue.
Why this is here
Setting labels: distant planet · human colony · space colonies · interstellar setting · galactic civilization · colonial frontier · new world · spacefaring future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0727
A future investigator hunts her missing clone-sister and uncovers a buried first-contact secret among the stars.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · colonized worlds · interstellar society · spacefaring civilization · terraforming · colony planet · human expansion · stagnant future · distant future · off-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0910
A human arbiter, an alien ally, and an AI race across colony worlds to rescue lost settlers and decode a dangerous truth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · spacefaring civilization · multiple planets · colony worlds · New Earth · interstellar travel network · alien-inhabited cosmos
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0949
A guilt-haunted speaker is summoned to a distant colony to uncover a mysterious death among an alien people.
Why this is here
Setting labels: interstellar future · distant planet · human colony · alien world · light-speed travel · far-future society · religious colony · Portuguese-coded setting · Catholic-influenced setting · space travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0951
An orphaned telepath rises to become a vital interstellar Prime, then an urgent contact across the stars changes her life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: distant future · interstellar society · colonized planets · mining colony · space stations · planetary towers · solar system · remote world · spacefaring civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0959
An alien colony leader learns their species is short-lived and sets out to outmaneuver human colonizers for a longer future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far-off colony · colonized planet · spacefaring future · alien world · off-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0963
A corporate soldier’s raid on a colony collides with an alien secret, forcing a choice between profit, resistance, and home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: distant future · interstellar colonies · corporate-controlled future · space colonies · off-world planets · earth-based corporations · human expansion into space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1000
A telepathic chosen hero helps found a galaxy-spanning police force while battling crime, corruption, and cosmic enemies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: spacefaring civilization · interstellar setting · multiple planets · galactic scale · future Earth · alien worlds · space colonies · outer space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1002
A fledgling colony must improvise defense against pirates and aggressors as new worlds race to build their own order.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar frontier · new colonies · spacefaring civilization · lawless frontier · colonial space · faster-than-light travel · distant stars · post-Earth dominance
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1008
A long-lived vampire-like man is exposed under alien rule and pulled into a slow-burning fight for identity and freedom.
Why this is here
Setting labels: occupied Earth · interstellar setting · distant future · spacefaring civilization · alien homeworld · multiple planets · apocalyptic future · gas giant · offworld colonies
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1026
A future agent and a resurrected killing machine collide amid AI intrigue, alien tech, and a dragon hunt.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · interstellar · spacefaring civilization · planetary frontier · desert planet · backwater world · non-Polity world · alien ecology · colonized world · generation ship
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1046
On a far-future farming world, a man uncovers a living god and collides with a violent theocracy across the stars.
Why this is here
Setting labels: far future · multiple planets · interstellar civilization · farming planet · moon base · linked colonial worlds · agricultural colony · theocratic society · space colonization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1054
