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Premise labels used: memory loss, labyrinth escape, quest, impossible tasks, mystery box, fragmented identity, found family, survival quest, trials

Setting labels used: ancient labyrinth, maze-like world, otherworldly realms, portal fantasy, dreamlike reality, memory-based spaces, liminal setting, oppressive atmosphere, fantastical setting, mythic setting, labyrinth as metaphor

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Firelight

Kazu Kibuishi · 2016 · Amulet

Emily and her companions seek lost memories on Algos Island, uncovering secrets that could change everything.

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Premise labels: memory retrieval · cliffhanger sequel · quest · coming-of-age powers · family rescue · resistance struggle · secret history · magical artifact

Setting labels: fantasy world · underwater setting · island setting · imaginary places · steampunk world · portal fantasy · ancient forests · fantastic cities · ocean setting

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Distance: 0.1836

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The Death and Life of Dominick Davidner

Shawn Inmon · 2017 · Middle Falls Time Travel

A murdered man wakes up in his childhood body and races through new lives to find the wife he lost.

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Premise labels: time loop · second chance · lost love · childhood reset · memory retention · quest narrative

Setting labels: fictional town · small town · military school · school setting · afterlife · parallel worlds · dimension shifts · multiple timelines · childhood setting · adult life revisited

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Distance: 0.1983

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Gates of Thread and Stone

Lori M. Lee · 2014 · Gates of Thread and Stone

A girl with hidden time magic hunts for her missing brother and uncovers secrets that could reshape her city.

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Premise labels: time manipulation · missing sibling · rescue mission · hidden power · secret identity · journey quest · revolution · memory loss · unlikely family

Setting labels: dystopian fantasy · post-apocalyptic · city-state · slums · walled city · labyrinthine city · desert wasteland · magic-dominated society · ruined world

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Distance: 0.1997

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The Escapement

Lavie Tidhar · 2021

A grieving father crosses a shifting parallel western dreamscape to find a healing flower for his dying son.

Why this is here

Premise labels: grief quest · rescue mission · parallel world · quest narrative · healing search · father and child · dreamscape journey · escape from grief · alternate reality · mythic quest

Setting labels: alternate reality · parallel world · dreamscape · western landscape · circus world · hospital · mythic world · shifting landscape · timeless world · borderland reality

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Distance: 0.1999

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Discount Dan

James A. Hunter · 2025 · Discount Dan's Backroom Bargains

A hungover Marine noclips into a nightmare dungeon and must survive by game-magic, weird allies, and opening a shop.

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Premise labels: noclipped into dungeon · survival quest · safe haven · shopkeeper fantasy · loot progression · reluctant hero · found family · power scaling · monster survival · game-system world

Setting labels: Backrooms · liminal spaces · ever-changing dungeon · multi-floor dungeon · mall setting · carnival setting · laundromat setting · insane asylum setting · arcade setting · office setting · school setting · condemned places · extra-dimensional world · glitch reality · nightmare realm · city-sized levels · nostalgic ruins · sci-fi dungeon · fantasy dungeon

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Distance: 0.2019

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The Great Book of Amber

Roger Zelazny · 1999 · The Chronicles of Amber

An amnesiac prince wakes in modern Earth and uncovers a multiverse of shadow worlds, royal betrayal, and a throne war.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alternate worlds · shadow worlds · succession struggle · power struggle · family intrigue · memory loss · quest for identity · political intrigue · dimensional travel · order vs chaos

Setting labels: multiverse · parallel worlds · shadow realms · magical realm · modern Earth · courts of chaos · royal court · alternate dimension · mythic setting

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Distance: 0.2055

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A Wizard Alone

Diane Duane · 2005 · Young Wizards

A grieving young wizard and his partner race to rescue an autistic prodigy trapped in a dangerous magical ordeal.

Why this is here

Premise labels: rescue mission · missing wizard · prolonged ordeal · autistic wizard · grief aftermath · mind journey · battle evil · special powers

Setting labels: contemporary fantasy · magical worlds · mindscape · internal landscape · school-age world · urban fantasy setting · otherworld travel · Dream setting

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Distance: 0.2073

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The Fall

Garth Nix · 2000 · The Seventh Tower

A boy from a sunless tower world falls into an icy unknown and must survive to save his family.

Why this is here

Premise labels: missing parent · quest for artifact · family rescue · status loss · forced exile · coming-of-age quest · world-beyond-home · fish out of water

Setting labels: dark world · sunless world · castle setting · tower society · underworld · icy wilderness · arctic setting · parallel world · fantasy realm · hidden realm · light-shadow cosmology · nomadic ice culture

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Distance: 0.2088

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Realm of the Blue Mist

Amy Kim · 2021 · The Rema Chronicles

A grieving girl follows a mysterious boy through a portal into a magical other world, uncovering secrets about her father.

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Premise labels: missing parent · portal adventure · other world · mystery quest · homeward journey · destined heroine · light romance · interplanetary travel

Setting labels: Earth to other world · another planet · magical world · portal world · forest setting · mythic world · interplanetary setting · fantastical reality · parallel worlds

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Distance: 0.2090

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The Between

Ryan Leslie · 2021 · The Between

Two friends discover a buried door in a backyard and enter a deadly between-worlds maze shaped by a strange old game.

Why this is here

Premise labels: buried portal · alternate reality · maze adventure · trapped friends · game-world reality · deadly roles · artifact powers · survival game

Setting labels: backyard portal · underground labyrinth · between-worlds · alternate universe · surreal realm · video game world · 80s computer game · interdimensional nexus · dark fantasy setting

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Distance: 0.2093

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Daughter of Darkness

Terry Brooks · 2022 · Viridian Deep

A young half-Fae heroine must unravel her hidden past to rescue her partner from a deadly magical ransom.

Why this is here

Premise labels: missing memories · rescue quest · family threat · identity mystery · soul retrieval · impossible bargain · kidnapping

Setting labels: fantasy world · fae realm · human world · borderlands · hidden magic · quest road

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Distance: 0.2100

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A Gathering of Gargoyles

Meredith Ann Pierce · 1998 · Darkangel Trilogy

A young heroine sets out on a riddle-led quest to save her world, her husband, and the lost guardians.

Why this is here

Premise labels: quest · riddle · curse reversal · rescue mission · world-saving mission · lost guardians

Setting labels: fantasy world · otherworldly setting · moon setting · futuristic moon · desert sea · multiple kingdoms · island journey · high fantasy · mythic setting

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2102

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