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Premise labels used: resurrection, superhuman ability, digital access, good vs evil, protective mission, escape pursuit, government conspiracy, gang threat, assassin chase, cyberpower

Setting labels used: Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, South Central, Rancho Santa Fe, research facility, secret laboratory, contemporary, urban, wealthy enclave, street-level crime, digital world

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Zero Sum Game

S.L. Huang · 2014 · Russell's Attic

A math-savvy mercenary is pulled into a mind-control conspiracy that leaves her unsure which thoughts are hers.

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Premise labels: math superpower · mind control · mercenary hero · retrieval job · secret organization · world control · brain invasion · morally grey protagonist · female antihero

Setting labels: Los Angeles · contemporary setting · our world · urban setting · criminal underworld · secret organizations · superpowered reality

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Touched

Walter Mosley · 2023

A Black family man wakes to a cosmic mission, a violent alter ego, and a world where life itself is on trial.

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Premise labels: chosen one · life and death · humanity as threat · cosmic conflict · alternate consciousness · superhuman powers · family under threat · body possession · good vs evil · apocalyptic mission

Setting labels: Hollywood Hills · Los Angeles · modern-day · urban neighborhood · affluent neighborhood · predominantly white neighborhood · speculative reality · cosmic setting

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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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Uncaged

John Sandford, Michele Cook · 2014 · The Singular Menace

A runaway foster teen hunts her missing hacker brother while a ruthless corporation tries to bury a deadly secret.

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Premise labels: brother rescue · corporate conspiracy · animal experimentation · activist raid · fugitive chase · truth exposure · teen on the run · corporate villain · sibling pursuit · high-tech cover-up

Setting labels: Hollywood · Los Angeles · Eugene, Oregon · California · modern day · homeless youth shelter · hotel as refuge · research lab · street-level urban · contemporary America

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iBoy

Kevin Brooks · 2010

A London teen wakes with smartphone-linked powers and must decide whether to use them for revenge or justice.

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Premise labels: accidental powers · technology powers · vigilante revenge · gang violence · protecting loved one · digital connectivity · superhuman abilities

Setting labels: South London · London estate · housing projects · urban underclass · crime-ridden neighborhood · contemporary setting · school-age world

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Ajin: Demi-Human, Vol. 3

Gamon Sakurai · 2015 · 亜人 [Ajin]

A fugitive demi-human faces escalating government pressure as rival factions, hidden powers, and brutal plans collide.

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Premise labels: immortalism · human vs nonhuman · fugitive protagonist · government conspiracy · human experimentation · terror threat · superpowered conflict · manhunt

Setting labels: Japan · high school · research center · laboratory · prison · government facilities · urban setting · contemporary setting · secret experiment program

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The Genius Wars

Catherine Jinks · 2009 · Genius

A teenage hacker with a new family must stop the criminal mastermind who raised him before targeted attacks destroy everything he loves.

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Premise labels: fugitive pursuer · protective return · cyber pursuit · criminal mastermind · forced confrontation · coming of age · hidden identity · targeted by enemy · hunt the villain · recovery from abuse

Setting labels: Sydney · Australia · university setting · suburban life · city setting · United States · cyberspace · online society · surveillance society

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Venom: Lethal Protector

David Michelinie · 1995 · Venom: Lethal Protector (Collected Editions)

Venom heads to San Francisco to start over, but corporate enemies, Spider-Man, and new symbiotes complicate his reinvention.

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Premise labels: anti-hero redemption · urban protector · protect the innocent · lone vigilante · public menace to hero · new beginning · manhunt · symbiote threat

Setting labels: San Francisco · underground city · urban setting · 90s setting · Earth-based · hidden community · corporate development conflict · homeless community

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Hunting Lila

Sarah Alderson · 2011 · Lila

A teen with telekinesis flees to California, where family secrets and a secret unit turn her crush into danger.

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Premise labels: telekinesis · secret powers · hidden identity · murder mystery · revenge hunt · secret organization · on the run · superpowered outcast · protective love interest · trust no one

Setting labels: London · Southern California · California military base · secret military world · contemporary setting · US-UK split setting

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Distance: 0.2654

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Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride & Joy

Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona · 2006 · Runaways (2003-2009) (Collected Editions)

Six teens discover their parents are secret supervillains and run away together to survive, resist, and uncover the truth.

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Premise labels: runaway teens · villain parents · secret society · discover hidden powers · found family · kids vs parents · teens on the run · supervillain legacy

Setting labels: contemporary · Los Angeles · suburban wealth · secret society · superhero reality

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The Arc

Ben Oliver · 2022 · The Loop Trilogy

In a dystopian future, a rebel group races to stop an AI apocalypse as new allies, betrayals, and sacrifice reshape everything.

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Premise labels: escape mission · prison break · rebellion · anti-AI resistance · apocalypse prevention · humanity at stake · captivity · survival

Setting labels: dystopian future · futuristic prison · laboratory · AI-controlled world · post-apocalyptic future · digital world · near-future · oppressive society

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man

H.F. Saint · 1987

An accident makes a New York securities analyst invisible, forcing him into a tense survival game against government agents.

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Premise labels: invisibility · accidental transformation · hunted protagonist · government pursuit · survival

Setting labels: New York City · 1980s · contemporary setting · urban setting · secret laboratory · financial world · crowded city

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Distance: 0.2675

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