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Michael C. Grumley

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Premise labels used: immortality, cryonics, resurrection, medical conspiracy, secret experiment, survival mystery, truth-seeking

Setting labels used: near future, post-apocalyptic future, dystopian future, secret lab, medical facility, icy river, winter storm, collapsed society

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A.D.: After Death

Scott Snyder · 2017 · A.D. After Death

In a post-death future, a man’s search for truth forces him to question immortality, memory, and identity.

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Premise labels: cure for death · immortality · memory loss · mortality crisis · existential journey · post-death society · questioning immortality · search for truth

Setting labels: Far future · Post-apocalyptic world · Immortal enclave · Mountaintop refuge · Dystopian future · Dead world · Closed community · Earth

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Distance: 0.1435

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Escape to Eden

Rachel McClellan · 2016 · The Original

An amnesiac teen with a clue written on her hand must flee a controlled future and uncover who she is.

Why this is here

Premise labels: amnesia · escape · secret identity · altered humans · genetic manipulation · original humans · pursuit · safe haven · survival · resistance

Setting labels: dystopian future · lab · hospital · secret colony · hidden refuge · controlled society · scientific future · post-human world

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Distance: 0.1630

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The Bane

Keary Taylor · 2013 · The Eden Trilogy

A memory-lost teen in a last human colony must survive a robot plague while choosing between two very different boys.

Why this is here

Premise labels: human survival · last colony · robot infection · cybernetic plague · love triangle · hidden identity · memory loss · end of humanity · secret past

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · small colony · safe haven · countryside refuge · ruined cities · wilderness survival · human extinction crisis

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Distance: 0.1652

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The Last Conversation

Paul Tremblay · 2019

An amnesiac wakes blind in a sealed room, guided by one voice toward recovered identity—and a troubling truth.

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Premise labels: amnesia · identity crisis · memory loss · consciousness · caregiver mystery · white room mystery · clone identity · replica dilemma · post-apocalyptic recovery · lab recovery

Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian setting · laboratory-like room · infirmary setting · dark room · isolated room · pandemic setting

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Distance: 0.1693

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Die Vernichteten

Ursula Poznanski · 2014 · Die Verratenen

In a dystopian future, a fugitive young woman races to stop a looming catastrophe while uncovering devastating truths.

Why this is here

Premise labels: hidden truth · conspiracy · race against time · virus threat · catastrophe prevention · fugitive protagonist · survival mission · truth discovery · dangerous journey · endgame reveal

Setting labels: dystopian future · post-catastrophe · clan society · underground city · catacombs · wilderness · spheres · factional society · future world · speculative future

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Distance: 0.1722

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Feersum Endjinn

Iain M. Banks · 1996

A fugitive with one life left races through a far-future Earth to uncover a killer and stop an approaching planetary doom.

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Premise labels: future Earth · apocalypse · planetary threat · murder mystery · political conspiracy · virtual reality · reincarnation · digital afterlife · fugitive search · save humanity

Setting labels: far future · Earth · post-apocalyptic · megastucture · castle-like fastness · virtual world · cyberspace · cryptosphere · post-singularity · dying earth

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Distance: 0.1725

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Awakened

Laura Elliott · 2025

In a post-sleep apocalypse, guilt-ridden scientists trapped in the Tower of London race to cure the monsters they helped create.

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Premise labels: sleep elimination · neural chip · scientific hubris · post-apocalypse · cure search · guilt-driven survival · humanity question · medical ethics · productive capitalism · monstrous transformation

Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic London · Tower of London · isolated enclosure · dystopian city · scientific compound · collapsed civilization · late 21st century · claustrophobic setting · alternative future

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Distance: 0.1728

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Your Utopia

Bora Chung · 2024

Eight Korean sci-fi stories explore AI, immortality, grief, and social injustice in bleak, wry near-future worlds.

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Premise labels: immortality research · AI emotions · posthuman survival · cannibalism pandemic · dystopian futures · late capitalism · technology and society · human-machine relations · environmental collapse

Setting labels: near future · distant future · post-apocalyptic · posthuman · dystopian · spacefaring · corporate setting · urban apartment building · desolate planet

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Distance: 0.1749

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The Death Cure

James Dashner · 2011 · The Maze Runner

A memory-stripped teen races to survive a virus-ravaged world while WICKED hunts him and the truth behind the trials.

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Premise labels: memory loss · virus outbreak · cure quest · survival trial · government experiment · safe haven · truth-seeking · fugitive chase

Setting labels: dystopian world · post-apocalyptic world · virus-ravaged world · ruined cities · wasteland · experimental facility · maze setting · safe haven · futuristic science fiction

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Distance: 0.1755

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The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Mary E. Pearson · 2008 · Jenna Fox Chronicles

A teen wakes from a coma with missing memories and uncovers a shocking secret about her body, family, and humanity.

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Premise labels: amnesia · coma recovery · identity mystery · hidden secret · bioethics dilemma · medical intervention · near-future crisis · humanity question

Setting labels: near future · near-future America · remote house · school setting · charter school · post-crisis society · medical-regulation society

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Distance: 0.1764

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Freezing Point

Anders Bodelsen · 1971

A terminally ill editor chooses cryogenic suspension, then wakes into a bleak future where survival has a dangerous price.

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Premise labels: cryogenic suspension · terminal illness · future cure · future wake-up · life extension · immortality dilemma · medical experiment · post-freeze society · body commodification · state control

Setting labels: near future · hospital setting · medical facility · scientific facility · dystopian future · 1970s future · 1990s future · 2020s future · alternative future · surveillance society

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Distance: 0.1767

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The Twelve

Justin Cronin · 2012 · The Passage

As a viral apocalypse unfolds across timelines, survivors race to stop the originals and protect what remains of humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: viral outbreak · end times · survival quest · vampire apocalypse · human experimentation · hunt the originals · post-collapse struggle · save humanity · immortality pursuit · power struggle

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · present day · near future · far future · year zero · apocalypse aftermath · collapsed society · human survival camp · militarized society

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Distance: 0.1803

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