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Brandon Sanderson, Max Epstein, David Pace, Michael Harkins

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Premise labels used: genius investigator, hallucinated experts, data breach investigation, FBI case, techno-thriller, mystery solving, sound-based technology, religious mystery, revenge

Setting labels used: contemporary, urban fantasy, speculative reality, United States, FBI investigation setting, IRS data breach setting, cyberspace, audio-first storytelling

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Skin Deep

Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · Legion

A genius with hallucinatory specialist “aspects” investigates a stolen corpse hiding dangerous biotech data.

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Premise labels: genius consultant · hallucinated helpers · stolen corpse · encoded data · biotechnology mystery · high-tech conspiracy · mind as system · dangerous information

Setting labels: alternate present-day USA · urban setting · corporate intrigue · biotech lab world · morgue · mansion · speculative reality

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Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

Brandon Sanderson · 2018 · Legion

A genius private investigator with hallucinatory experts tackles strange cases, while his mind starts to unravel.

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Premise labels: genius detective · hallucinated experts · problem solving · psychology as power · impossible cases · mystery investigations · alter egos · hidden knowledge

Setting labels: Earth · United States · contemporary setting · real world · global travel · religious stakes

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Injection, Vol. 2

Warren Ellis · 2016 · Injection

A rogue internet intelligence and a Holmes-like detective collide in a grotesque, occult-laced mystery in modern New York.

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Premise labels: consulting detective · rogue AI · missing ghost · occult conspiracy · science-magic hybrid · mystery case

Setting labels: modern New York · internet age · contemporary setting · urban setting · occult reality · technological uncanny · global system

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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 2003 · Artemis Fowl

A 12-year-old criminal genius kidnaps a fairy to ransom her gold, igniting a hidden-world siege.

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Premise labels: child genius · criminal mastermind · fairy kidnapping · ransom · hidden society · wealth recovery · interspecies conflict · heist · secret world

Setting labels: modern setting · underground world · hidden society · parallel world · urban fantasy setting · subterranean civilization · contemporary

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The Fullness of Time

Kate Wilhelm · 2012

A documentary crew probes a reclusive family whose uncanny foresight hides a disturbing cost.

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Premise labels: future knowledge · time travel · investigation · family secrets · documentary investigation · patent fortune · insider trading · madness · suicide · reclusive family · scientific mystery · hidden power

Setting labels: contemporary · near-present · documentary research setting · corporate/financial world · speculative reality · future-knowledge premise

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The Eternity Code

Eoin Colfer · 2006 · Artemis Fowl

A teen criminal mastermind’s fairy-tech scheme backfires, forcing him into a dangerous heist to recover it.

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Premise labels: criminal mastermind · child genius · heist · stolen technology · fairy technology · freaked-up plan · high-stakes caper · one last job

Setting labels: modern world · England · New York · underground fairy world · secret magical society · contemporary fantasy · high-tech hidden world

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The X-Files: Stolen Lives

Joe Harris, Chris Carter · 2017 · The X-Files (Audible Original)

Mulder and Scully return to untangle a new conspiracy that blends monsters, hallucinations, and a looming mytharc threat.

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Premise labels: paranormal investigation · government conspiracy · alien threat · mythology arc · monster of the week · deception · retribution · apocalyptic stakes

Setting labels: FBI · contemporary · urban · paranormal · conspiracy · supernatural · government secrecy

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Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-error Processor

Masamune Shirow · 2007 · 攻殻機動隊 The Ghost in the Shell

A near-future cyberpunk police team tackles scattered high-tech crimes in a loose set of case-driven stories.

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Premise labels: cybercrime investigation · counterterrorism · police team · case files · futuristic crime · cyborg law enforcement · undercover operations · hacker pursuit

Setting labels: near future · 21st century · cybernetic society · technoscape · futuristic Japan · dystopian future · urban crime setting · virtual crime · high-tech world

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Injection, Vol. 1

Warren Ellis · 2015 · Injection

Five brilliant specialists unleash an experiment that warps reality, and must face the strange fallout years later.

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Premise labels: genius team · future innovation · artificial intelligence · reality distortion · folklore intrusion · paranormal outbreak · unintended consequences · scientific experiment · world-changing tech · containment failure

Setting labels: British setting · contemporary setting · near future · urban present · alternate reality · haunted present · technological reality · mythic Britain · modern world

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Zero Sum Game

S.L. Huang · 2018 · Cas Russell

A math-genius mercenary is pulled into a conspiracy involving mind control, violent allies, and a threat to her own autonomy.

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Premise labels: math genius · mercenary · retrieval specialist · mind control · telepathic antagonist · shadowy organization · world domination · conspiracy · illegal job · superpowered heroine

Setting labels: near-future · contemporary · modern day · Los Angeles · crime-ridden · urban · speculative reality · superpowered world

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The X-Files: Cold Cases

Joe Harris, Chris Carter · 2017 · The X-Files (Audible Original)

A full-cast audio drama pulls Mulder and Scully back into a web of cold cases, conspiracies, and alien threats.

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Premise labels: cold cases · missing persons · database breach · conspiracy investigation · return from hiding · paranormal investigation · government conspiracy · alien conspiracy · unsolved cases

Setting labels: FBI · post-original series · post-film · pre-revival · contemporary · urban conspiracy

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The Speed of Sound

Eric Bernt · 2018 · Speed of Sound Thriller

A brilliant autistic inventor’s sound-recreating device draws government and criminal forces into a deadly chase.

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Premise labels: acoustic technology · memory retrieval · government conspiracy · special abilities · inventor on the run · privacy threat

Setting labels: contemporary · government facility · institutional setting · secret research setting · urban chase · United States

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