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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for The Farthest Shore. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: dying magic, restoring balance, quest for cause, world crisis, mortality crisis, journey beyond death
Setting labels used: archipelago, sea voyage, imaginary place, secondary world, wizarding school, floating village, deathlands, remote islands
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A complete illustrated Earthsea omnibus tracing mages, islands, dragons, and the costs of power across a lifetime.
Why this is here
Premise labels: wizard coming-of-age · archipelago fantasy · magic quest · balance of power · death and afterlife · women in power · world-spanning cycle
Setting labels: archipelago · island cultures · sea travel · fantasy secondary world · wizard school · underground tombs
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1585
Three linked Earthsea tales follow Ged across youth, maturity, and old age as magic, identity, and death entwine.
Why this is here
Premise labels: wizard training · coming of age · quest narrative · power and responsibility · balance of good and evil · identity and self-knowledge · death and mortality · magical journey
Setting labels: archipelago world · island setting · sea travel · wizard school · underground tombs · underworld · fantasy world · remote places
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1703
Thomas Covenant and allies face one final crisis in The Land as the Worm of the World’s End threatens Time itself.
Why this is here
Premise labels: final crisis · world-ending threat · quest to save the world · last stand · reunited companions · magical realm · resist apocalypse · restore continuance
Setting labels: The Land · alternate reality · parallel world · magical world · fantasy realm · end-of-time stakes · apocalyptic setting · mythic landscape
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2060
A fantasy trilogy of linked quests in the Four Lands, where successive heirs battle rising evil with magic and courage.
Why this is here
Premise labels: quest fantasy · save the world · forbidden evil · artifact quest · heroic mission · inherited magic
Setting labels: secondary world · distant future Earth · imaginary place · medievalized future · Four Lands · wasteland · fantasy realm
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2105
An immortal outcast crosses strange worlds and an eerie island to reclaim mortality and uncover the force behind it all.
Why this is here
Premise labels: immortality · mortality quest · search for meaning · parallel worlds · alternate dimensions · island quest · outsider journey · family search · identity quest · mythic journey · death wish · burden of immortality
Setting labels: alternate dimension · island setting · mythic landscape · multiverse · parallel worlds · ocean voyage · mountain quest · imaginary world · timeless setting · otherworldly setting · meditative geography
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2194
In a water-bound realm, Haplo and Alfred uncover buried truths as serpents, factions, and old powers close in.
Why this is here
Premise labels: quest · world exploration · magical conflict · ancient mystery · survival struggle · enemy alliance · power struggle
Setting labels: water world · secondary world · fantasy realm · post-sundering world · four realms · island world · ocean world · fantasy universe
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2228
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
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2264
A grumpy bard crosses a magic-starved wasteland with a foul-mouthed unicorn to save his wife and survive the fallout.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic fantasy · magic loss · quest · rescue mission · power struggle · lost love · survival
Setting labels: fantasy world · post-apocalyptic world · wasteland · ruined kingdom · magic-scarce world · imaginary places
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2315
A druid assembles an airship crew to chase a map to ancient magic while a ruthless witch hunts it too.
Why this is here
Premise labels: quest for ancient magic · mysterious map · rescue-and-discovery · airship voyage · power struggle · racing for artifact · search expedition · cat-and-mouse pursuit
Setting labels: fantasy world · archipelago journey · open sea · airship travel · secondary world · old world ruins · four lands · magical frontier · technomagic world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2324
Nicci, Nathan, and Bannon reach a hidden city where magic, slavery, and rebellion threaten Nathan’s chance to regain his power.
Why this is here
Premise labels: quest · restore magic · save the world · hidden city · oppressive regime · free the enslaved · topple tyrants · prophecy
Setting labels: imaginary places · secondary world · Old World · hidden city · time-shrouded city · magic kingdom · dystopian city · post-isolation society · fantasy empire
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2329
A young queen rider returns to a doomed world, where plague and Thread force desperate leadership, love, and sacrifice.
Why this is here
Premise labels: time travel · dragon riders · endangered world · plague aftermath · Thread threat · leadership crisis · resource scarcity · survival mission
Setting labels: imaginary world · planetary fantasy · weyrs · holds · crafthalls · post-plague · time-shifted timeline · distant-future past
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2364
An inept wizard and a clueless tourist race to save a flat world from a red-star apocalypse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: world-saving quest · apocalyptic threat · inept wizard · reluctant hero · mismatched duo · tourist outsider · magic spell quest · race against doom
Setting labels: Discworld · imaginary world · flat world · world on elephants · space voyage · wizards' university · fantasy realm · ancient magic · apocalyptic setting · multi-dimensional setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2365
