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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Judas Strain.
Setting labels used: Indian Ocean, Christmas Island, Australia, Vatican, Istanbul, Cambodia, Indonesia, Washington DC, Iran, ancient China, Marco Polo era, 13th century, present day, global setting, undersea, cruise ship, cruise liner, temple ruins, archaeological sites
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Jack West Jr races worldwide to solve ancient clues and stop an apocalyptic machine before rival forces seize it.
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Setting labels: modern day · global setting · international locations · deserts · island setting · tombs · temples · mazes · burial sites · Australia · Israel · Japan · Mongolia · England · Russia · Arctic · Amazon · Indian Ocean
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Distance: 0.2000
An archaeologist and a former nun uncover a buried Atlantean mystery in Antarctica as apocalyptic forces close in.
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Setting labels: Antarctica · Peru · Rome · Vatican · South Pole · under ice · ancient ruins · global scale · present day · exotic setting
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Distance: 0.2202
A covert ship crew races to stop rival heirs from unleashing a world-shaping AI or an electronics-killing backup plan.
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Setting labels: ancient India · present day · Indian Ocean · Arabian Sea · Mediterranean · exotic locations · global scope · offshore · at sea · worldwide
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Distance: 0.2270
A covert team races to stop an apocalyptic threat by linking a crashed satellite, dark energy, and ancient relics.
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Setting labels: global · Mongolia · Vatican · China · Hong Kong · North Korea · Kazakhstan · Russia · Aral Sea · Baikal · Rome · exotic locales · modern day
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Distance: 0.2369
A fast-moving conspiracy thriller where Atlantis, genetics, and human origins collide in a race to avert catastrophe.
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Setting labels: Antarctica · Jakarta · global · international · world travel · present day · WWII era · historical timeline · ancient past · contemporary setting
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Distance: 0.2424
A marine biologist and navy team chase a buried secret that could change how humans understand life, evolution, and other species.
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Setting labels: Arctic Ocean · remote island · remote jungle · South America · China · Caribbean · Puerto Rico · current day · global scale · underwater setting · military setting · jungle setting · oceanic setting · international setting
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Distance: 0.2579
Sigma Force races from Greenland to the Mediterranean to decode a mythic map and stop an apocalyptic bid for Hell’s power.
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Setting labels: global · Greenland · Mediterranean · Morocco · Turkey · Iceland · Rome · Vatican · Washington, DC · ancient mythic underworld · contemporary · historical past
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Distance: 0.2600
A captain's exploitative deal with intelligent newts spirals into a worldwide satire of power, greed, and collapse.
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Setting labels: remote island · Indonesian islands · South Sea · global setting · interwar Europe · pre-WWII · Pacific · underwater civilization · alternate history · technological modernity
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Distance: 0.2640
A scientist races to uncover the cure for a world-ending plague while rival factions fight over humanity’s genetic future.
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Setting labels: Spain · Marbella · Europe · North Africa · Malta · Antarctica · Mediterranean · post-apocalyptic world · global setting · apocalyptic future · alternative history · ancient past
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Distance: 0.2647
NUMA investigators probe a deadly ocean anomaly and uncover a dictator’s superweapon scheme aimed at global extortion.
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Setting labels: ocean · undersea · high seas · Azores · eastern Atlantic · international · Africa · Sierra Leone · Washington, D.C. · Geneva · global · modern day · historical prologue · marine science setting
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Distance: 0.2662
A worldwide spider outbreak enters a second, deadlier phase as survivors, scientists, and leaders scramble to contain it.
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Setting labels: global · worldwide · Los Angeles · Oslo · Delhi · Rio de Janeiro · Japan · China · United States · North America · desert · Outer Hebrides · Scotland · international · post-apocalyptic world
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Distance: 0.2670
Aquaman battles rivals, conspiracies, and Atlantis’s buried past as he tries to rule a kingdom that distrusts him.
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Setting labels: Atlantis · undersea kingdom · surface world · Southwestern United States · Bermuda Triangle · Antarctica · ancient past · fictionalized ocean world
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Distance: 0.2674
