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Marjorie M. Liu

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Premise labels used: war aftermath, political intrigue, hidden lore, inner journey, body-and-soul struggle, family secrets, power struggle, court politics, quest for answers

Setting labels used: secondary-world fantasy, steampunk world, political courts, war-torn setting, ancient civilization, dream world, hidden stronghold, science-fantasy setting

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Monstress, Volume 9: The Possessed

Marjorie M. Liu · 2024 · Monstress

After a year lost to otherworldly chaos, Maika and her allies return to a changed world and a deadlier family war.

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Premise labels: family conflict · betrayal · power struggle · world-saving quest · political intrigue · time jump · homecoming · possession · mask quest · found family

Setting labels: secondary world · spice islands · prison world · parallel universe · old gods realm · steampunk fantasy world · war-torn world · multiple courts · laboratory setting

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Distance: 0.1649

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Realms of Wrath and Ruin

Alli Earnest · Gate Chronicles

A traumatized pilot and scholar reunite for a dangerous homeward trip as war, secrets, and a slow-burn romance intensify.

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Premise labels: end-times threat · quest journey · war looming · family secrets · homecoming · slow burn romance · shared trauma · mission aftermath

Setting labels: secondary world · fantasy world · steampunk setting · sci-fi fantasy setting · industrial-era feel · city-centered · war-torn world

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Distance: 0.1714

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Veil

Dylan Farrow · 2022 · Hush

Shae follows a stolen magical book to a forbidden industrial city, where lies, betrayals, and alliances reshape her world.

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Premise labels: quest · stolen artifact · forbidden land · truth-seeking · betrayal · save homeland · magical book · cross-border journey · allies and enemies · political conflict

Setting labels: secondary world · fantasy world · mythic land · forbidden realm · industrial city · steampunk vibe · technological society · alternate world · refugee tunnels · country conflict · post-lie society

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Distance: 0.1880

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Shadowplay

Tad Williams · 2007 · Shadowmarch

A royal family splintered by war, magic, and gods fights to survive, uncover secrets, and reclaim its kingdom.

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Premise labels: royal succession · quest to reclaim throne · war and invasion · parallel journeys · hidden history · cosmic conflict · survival quest · betrayal at court · escape and exile · prophetic destiny

Setting labels: secondary world · medieval fantasy · castle · kingdom · war-torn land · cross-kingdom travel · shadow realm · faerie realm · underworld · southern empire · north and south conflict · ancient world

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Distance: 0.1926

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Dragonfly Falling

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2009 · Shadows of the Apt

As war engulfs the Lowlands, scattered allies, spies, and rival powers race through sieges, betrayals, and shifting loyalties.

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Premise labels: war invasion · siege narrative · imperial conquest · multi-front conflict · resistance effort · spy mission · political warning

Setting labels: secondary world · lowlands · imperial capital · city-state politics · siege setting · wartime setting · industrializing world · steampunk-inflected world · insect-human societies · fantasy warfronts

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Distance: 0.1954

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Instinctual

Auryn Hadley · 2022 · Rise of the Iliri

A hidden alien warrior and her military pack face war, politics, and growing bonds as their identity becomes public.

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Premise labels: found family · hidden identity · outsider protagonist · species oppression · war mission · political intrigue · trust issues · survival mission · identity awakening · chosen pack · multi-partner romance · military unit

Setting labels: secondary world · science-fantasy world · military setting · war setting · political setting · planetary setting · colonized world · low-tech society · indigenous species · fantasy society · imperial politics

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Distance: 0.1964

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Queen Demon

Martha Wells · 2025 · The Rising World

A demon prince and his allies race across two timelines to stop a new Hierarch from rising.

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Premise labels: dual timeline · found family · political intrigue · revolution · power struggle · academic research · quest for knowledge · return of Hierarchs

Setting labels: secondary world · high fantasy world · war-torn realm · post-revolution aftermath · academia · university setting · underearth · empire · queernorm setting · multiple cultures

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Distance: 0.2003

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Rhythm of War, Part One

Brandon Sanderson · 2022 · The Stormlight Archive

A war-torn coalition faces betrayal, science-driven escalation, and fragile alliances as old powers stir again.

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Premise labels: war coalition · siege warfare · arms race · ancient secret · political intrigue · enemy invasion · spy mission · spren bonding

Setting labels: secondary world · war-torn world · military fantasy · ancient tower · isolated stronghold · cognitive realm · otherworldly planes

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Distance: 0.2004

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A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings

George R.R. Martin · 2010 · A Song of Ice and Fire

In a fractured realm, rival houses, hidden heirs, and shifting loyalties battle for a throne as winter closes in.

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Premise labels: power struggle · dynastic conflict · throne contest · court intrigue · factional war · succession crisis · political fantasy · alliance shifting

Setting labels: secondary world · medieval-inspired · feudal politics · winter climate · continental setting · war-torn realm · castle setting · kingdom setting · north vs south

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Distance: 0.2021

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The Monster Baru Cormorant

Seth Dickinson · 2018 · The Masquerade

A traumatized imperial cryptarch navigates espionage, rebellion, and a widening war while wrestling grief and power.

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Premise labels: geopolitical fantasy · imperial intrigue · revenge · power struggle · undercover agent · empire overthrow · post-betrayal fallout · moral compromise · world-saving mission · hidden power

Setting labels: secondary world · imperial court · naval setting · island cultures · world-spanning setting · fantasy empire · war setting · colonial setting · fantasy geopolitics

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Distance: 0.2027

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Blood Charged

Lindsay Buroker · 2014 · Dragon Blood

A forbidden sorceress and an ace pilot join a covert strike force to stop dragon blood from tipping a war.

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Premise labels: forbidden magic · secret mission · enemy infiltration · dragon blood · war effort · hidden identity

Setting labels: secondary world · military setting · airship warfare · enemy territory · magic-forbidden society · wartime empire · steampunk world

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Distance: 0.2031

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The Judging Eye

R. Scott Bakker · 2009 · The Aspect-Emperor

Twenty years after a world-shaking war, new and old players are drawn into a darker campaign toward apocalypse.

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Premise labels: post-war fallout · new campaign · quest narrative · political struggle · apocalyptic threat · fate of an empire · mystical investigation · journey through ruins

Setting labels: secondary world · ancient ruins · mountain journey · court intrigue · northern frontier · imperial capital · war-torn continent · post-apocalyptic history · mythic secondary world

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Distance: 0.2033

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