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Tears of the Nameless

George Mann

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Premise labels used: investigation, mystery, monster hunting, ancient lore, survival mission, apocalyptic threat, forbidden knowledge, scientific inquiry

Setting labels used: far future, space setting, galactic conflict, Jedi Order, Coruscant, Jedi Temple, ancient civilization, ruins, occlusion zone

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Revan

Drew Karpyshyn · 2011 · Star Wars: The Old Republic

A memory-wiped Jedi must uncover a hidden galactic threat while a Sith scheme and old loyalties close in.

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Premise labels: memory loss · lost past · search for truth · galactic threat · redemption quest · dark side conflict · forbidden knowledge

Setting labels: far future · galactic empire · space war · alien civilization · old republic era · outer rim · coruscant · sith empire · offworld journey · ancient history

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Distance: 0.1811

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Star Wars: Slave Ship

K.W. Jeter · 2002 · Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars

Boba Fett becomes the hunted in a dual-timeline Star Wars tale of bounty hunters, betrayals, and power plays.

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Premise labels: bounty hunter · survival · hunted hero · power struggle · double-crossing · guild collapse · underworld intrigue · pursuit

Setting labels: galactic setting · spacefaring · on and around Tatooine · Kuat · Endor era · Return of the Jedi timeframe · Legends continuity · old EU

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Distance: 0.1812

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Unearthed

Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner · 2018 · Unearthed

Two teens from opposite worlds smuggle onto an alien planet, hunt ancient secrets, and uncover a threat bigger than treasure.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien archaeology · treasure hunt · survival quest · fragile alliance · save humanity · decode ancient secrets

Setting labels: distant planet · alien ruins · ancient temple · near future · Earth in decline · spacefaring future · deserted world

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Distance: 0.1858

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Foundation's Edge

Isaac Asimov · 2010 · Foundation (Publication Order)

Two Foundation exiles chase a rumored truth about Earth and the Second Foundation while a stranger force reshapes the galaxy.

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Premise labels: psychohistory · galactic politics · secret organization · search quest · hidden history · control of destiny · post-imperial future · third force · humanity's origin

Setting labels: far future · galactic civilization · interstellar · post-imperial · planetary search · spacefaring

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Distance: 0.1919

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Echo

Jack McDevitt · 2010 · Alex Benedict

An antiquities dealer and his pilot-assistant chase a mysterious tablet that may prove alien life—and someone will kill to bury it.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien artifact · first contact · ancient mystery · search for aliens · antiquities trade · missing artifact · hidden secret · assassin threat

Setting labels: far future · interstellar civilization · colonized galaxy · lost colonies · spacefaring society · uncharted star system · archaeological future · planetary exploration · space travel

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Distance: 0.1924

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Starseers

Lindsay Buroker · 2016 · Fallen Empire

A snarky captain chases her kidnapped daughter to a secret Starseer stronghold, where alliances and loyalties fracture.

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Premise labels: missing daughter · rescue mission · quest narrative · search for clues · enemy stronghold · faction conflict · unstable alliance

Setting labels: spacefaring · galaxy · post-war · fallen empire · secret stronghold · temple setting · militarized future

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Distance: 0.1926

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Disquiet Gods

Christopher Ruocchio · 2024 · The Sun Eater

An exiled hero is recalled for one last galaxy-spanning mission to stop an ancient cosmic threat and save humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: galaxy-spanning quest · save humanity · kill a god · exile recalled · impossible mission · first-contact intelligence · ancient beings · apocalyptic stakes

Setting labels: galaxy-spanning · far future · imperial politics · exile setting · alien ruins · ancient civilization · human empire · spacefaring world · cosmic scale

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Distance: 0.1957

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Malleus

Dan Abnett · 2004 · Eisenhorn

An Imperial inquisitor, newly suspected of heresy, must hunt a deadly foe while his own order closes in.

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Premise labels: inquisitorial hunt · on the run · framed hero · forbidden knowledge · daemon pursuit · investigation under suspicion · moral compromise

Setting labels: far future · 41st millennium · imperial regime · grimdark future · spacefaring civilization · planet-hopping

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Distance: 0.1964

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Inhibitor Phase

Alastair Reynolds · 2021 · The Inhibitor Sequence

A hidden human colony risks everything when one mission pulls its leader into a galaxy-spanning fight against extinction.

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Premise labels: last humans · survival quest · alien machine threat · hidden colony · mission to destroy ship · weapon search · extinction struggle

Setting labels: far future · deep space · airless world · hidden colony · ruined planets · post-apocalyptic · galaxy-spanning · Mars flashbacks

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Distance: 0.1974

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Incandescence

Greg Egan · 2008

Two interwoven far-future searches uncover a hidden alien world and the physics needed to survive it.

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Premise labels: first contact · lost species · scientific discovery · physics discovery · galactic mystery · survival problem · transhuman quest · archaeological investigation

Setting labels: far future · galaxy-spanning civilization · galactic core · neutron star environment · asteroid habitat · post-singularity · post-biological society · relativistic setting · space habitat · alien world

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Distance: 0.1976

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Into the Dark

Claudia Gray · 2021 · Star Wars: The High Republic

A bookish Jedi Padawan is forced into a frontier mission, then trapped on a haunted station during a galaxy-wide disaster.

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Premise labels: reluctant hero · frontier mission · stranded travelers · abandoned station · ancient evil · mystery aboard station · found family · Jedi mission · space survival · dark side threat

Setting labels: Coruscant · Outer Rim · frontier · space station · abandoned station · hyperspace · galactic Republic · golden age of the Jedi · High Republic era · spacefaring future

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Distance: 0.1976

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Padawan

Kiersten White · 2022 · Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

A young Obi-Wan Kenobi breaks from Jedi supervision on a solo mission and confronts a Force-charged mystery.

Why this is here

Premise labels: coming of age · self-discovery · solo mission · mentor conflict · forbidden exploration · Force sensitivity

Setting labels: Coruscant · Jedi Temple · remote planet · mysterious planet · lush world · space fantasy · prequel era · ancient ruins

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Distance: 0.1999

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