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Devon Eriksen

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Similar in tone + premise

These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Theft of Fire. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: gritty, hopeful, tense, irreverent, humorous, angsty, brutally honest, fun, fast-paced, dark

Premise labels used: asteroid miner, ship hijacking, heist, hidden treasure, forced partnership, covert mission, space piracy, interpersonal conflict

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone + premise embeddings are close.

Cover of Finder by Suzanne Palmer

Finder

Suzanne Palmer · 2019 · Finder Chronicles

An interstellar repo man races to reclaim a stolen ship, only to spark civil war in a remote space colony.

Why this is here

Tone labels: fun · humorous · lighthearted · sardonic · wry · gritty · tense · adventurous · energetic · cinematic · pick-me-up

Premise labels: repo mission · stolen ship · civil war · power struggle · alien contact · reverse heist

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1737

Cover of Dragon's Fire by Anne McCaffrey

Dragon's Fire

Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey · 2006 · Pern

A mute young tracker and other outcasts race to expose theft, mine danger, and a threat to Pern before Thread returns.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1752

Cover of Thief Trap by Jonathan Moeller

Thief Trap

Jonathan Moeller · 2015 · Cloak Games

A magic-touched thief under an elf lord’s control takes on a dangerous job to save her brother and her freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1787

Cover of Star Wars: Lando by Charles Soule

Star Wars: Lando

Charles Soule · 2016 · Star Wars: Lando

A charming rogue takes a simple ship theft job and gets dragged into a dangerous heist with dark secrets.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1837

Cover of Angles of Attack by Marko Kloos

Angles of Attack

Marko Kloos · 2015 · Frontlines

A beleaguered soldier and a shaky human alliance race to breach an alien blockade and save Earth from collapse.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1868

Cover of The Vela by Yoon Ha Lee

The Vela

Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, S.L. Huang · 2019 · The Vela

A mercenary and a hacker race to find a missing refugee ship in a dying solar system, uncovering a system-wide secret.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1874

Cover of The Worldship Humility by R.R. Haywood

The Worldship Humility

R.R. Haywood · 2019 · The Code Trilogy

A bored shipboard hacker and a desperate thief get pulled into a fleetwide conspiracy over a habitable world.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1875

Cover of Gate Quest by Lindsay Buroker

Gate Quest

Lindsay Buroker · 2019 · Star Kingdom

A quippy roboticist races rivals and robots to recover a stolen wormhole gate from a frozen moon base.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1884

Cover of For the First Time, Again by Sylvain Neuvel

For the First Time, Again

Sylvain Neuvel · 2023 · Take Them to the Stars

A teen who learns she’s not human is forced to outrun the government and alien hunters while uncovering her bloodline.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1893

Cover of Stowaway by John David  Anderson

Stowaway

John David Anderson · 2021 · The Icarus Chronicles

A grieving boy stows away with space pirates and races across a war-torn galaxy to find his kidnapped father.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1898

Cover of Engineering Fate by Alexis B. Osborne

Engineering Fate

Alexis B. Osborne · 2021 · Outer Limits Quadrant

A human engineer stranded in alien space teams with an undercover peacekeeper to survive captivity, trafficking, and forbidden attraction.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1917

Cover of Conspiracy by Lindsay Buroker

Conspiracy

Lindsay Buroker · 2012 · The Emperor's Edge

An outlaw crew takes on a train-bound kidnapping mission for the emperor, while secrets, loyalties, and romance collide.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1932