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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Lair. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: mutant animals, rampaging vermin, human prey, rat infestation, recurring outbreak, containment failure, survival struggle, vengeance quest
Setting labels used: Epping Forest, London outskirts, rural forest, woodland preserve, urban-to-rural shift, 1970s, contemporary-to-public-health crisis, British countryside
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
London is overrun by giant mutant rats, and one teacher gets pulled into the desperate fight to stop them.
Why this is here
Premise labels: killer animals · mutant threat · urban infestation · human survival · public panic · epidemic threat · man versus nature
Setting labels: London · East London · urban setting · sewers · subway · underground · 1970s · British setting · city under siege
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2546
A quiet English village wakes to find all its women pregnant after a mysterious blackout, and the children are not ordinary.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · brood parasitism · mass impregnation · hidden threat · small village
Setting labels: English village · rural England · 1950s England · post-war Britain · small-town setting · contained setting · Cold War context
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2813
A small-town reporter investigates deadly animal attacks and uncovers a secret dinosaur experiment gone catastrophically wrong.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genetically engineered dinosaurs · dinosaur escape · private zoo · small-town investigation · cover-up · journalist protagonist · rural rampage · apocalyptic stakes
Setting labels: modern world · rural England · small town · English countryside · private estate · private zoo · 1980s setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2829
A small-town health inspector uncovers a deadly slug infestation that turns sewers, cellars, and streets into a gore-soaked nightmare.
Why this is here
Premise labels: killer animals · nature run amok · creature feature · murderous vermin · invasive species · small town outbreak · health inspector protagonist · human flesh
Setting labels: small town · England · near London · sewers · cellars · basements · waist-high grass · municipal infrastructure · 1980s · hot summer
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2852
In a ravaged England, an infected father hunts for his daughter while rival factions fight to survive and dominate.
Why this is here
Premise labels: survival · catastrophe · infected faction · faction conflict · family search · daughter quest · apocalypse · war for survival · infiltration
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · England · London · city centers · quarantine zones · refugee areas · war zone · ravaged landscape
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2855
In a quarantined UK overrun by fast-infected dead, siblings race north with other survivors toward a possible safe haven.
Why this is here
Premise labels: viral apocalypse · quarantine collapse · survival journey · safe haven search · family protection · trust among survivors · infected dead
Setting labels: UK · England · Ireland · Leeds · Yorkshire · Scotland · quarantine zone · post-collapse world · isolated countryside
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2873
A hot-tempered star is punished by becoming a dog on Earth, where he must uncover a lost object and his own truth.
Why this is here
Premise labels: animal incarnation · celestial being · wrongful accusation · redemption quest · dog protagonist · quest object · human-animal bond · trial and punishment
Setting labels: Earth · England · suburban England · 1970s Britain · during the Troubles · celestial realm · cosmic hierarchy · mortal world · household domestic setting · mythic reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2877
Martians invade Victorian England, and one unnamed man struggles to survive as civilization collapses around him.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · Martian invasion · human survival · civilization collapse · technologically superior invaders · end of the world · home invasion
Setting labels: Victorian England · late 19th century · Surrey · London · Woking · British countryside · Earth · Mars
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2878
After a cosmic event blinds most of humanity, one sighted survivor must navigate collapsing society and deadly walking plants.
Why this is here
Premise labels: mass blindness · survival after catastrophe · human collapse · killer plants · carnivorous plants · walking plants · bioengineered threat · post-collapse rebuilding · scarcity · societal breakdown · survivor groups
Setting labels: London · Britain · England · mid-century England · post-apocalyptic world · ruined cities · abandoned countryside · Cold War era · postwar Britain · Earth · hospital · countryside refuge
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2884
In near-future London, a mother and son flee as a tech-dependent society suddenly shuts down.
Why this is here
Premise labels: tech collapse · system failure · family survival · mother and child · escape city · apocalypse survival · protect child · societal breakdown · near-future crisis · technology dependence · environmental collapse · survival journey
Setting labels: near future · London · British countryside · recognisable future · post collapse society · automated world · climate affected · tech dependent society · low-visibility threat · rural refuge · fragile civilization
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2906
In a ruined 1948 London, an immune American pilot is hunted by dying fascists who need his blood to survive.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alternate history · post apocalyptic · biological weapon · deadly plague · immune survivors · blood hunt · survival chase · fascist pursuers · war aftermath
Setting labels: London · 1948 · post war · post apocalyptic city · dystopian London · war ravaged city · ruined Britain · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2917
A scientist raises a dog with human intelligence, and his lonely life exposes the limits of belonging, love, and humanity.
Why this is here
Premise labels: genetically engineered animal · uplifted animal · super-intelligent dog · outsider protagonist · human-animal boundary · created being · non-human consciousness · thought experiment
Setting labels: Britain · North Wales · Cambridge · East End of London · interwar period · World War II · farm setting · Welsh countryside · sheep country · 20th century
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2919
